Bach - Prelude and fugue in E minor BWV 548 - Smits | Netherlands Bach Society

The Prelude and fugue in E minor, performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach, one of the longest and most complicated organ works by Bach. It dates from his Leipzig period and is especially highly valued by lovers and connoisseurs of Bach’s organ music. Maarten ’t Hart describes the prelude as a forerunner of the lament of the wounded Amfortas in Wagner’s Parsifal, and thinks the fugue is ‘bewildering’, while the nineteenth-century Bach researcher Spitta even refers to it as ‘a two-part symphony’. Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 16th 2014 at St Jacob’s Church, Leeuwarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating For the interview with organist Reitze Smits on the Prelude and fugue in e minor go to For more information on BWV 548 and this production go to All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material For concert dates and further information go to Reitze Smits, organist Organ: Christian Müller, 1727 0:00 Prelude 6:28 Fugue