Organ Trio sonata no. 2 mvt. 3 Allegro by J. S. Bach BWV 526 played on recorders, arr. Emily OBrien

Bach s six organ sonatas are written in three independent parts (right hand, left hand, and feet), so they work wonderfully well as recorder trios. In this video, I m playing an alto by Vincent Bernolin, a Mollenhauer Helder tenor, a Yamaha great bass, and a contrabass by Friedrich von Huene. By doubling the bass line with both a C bass and an F contrabass I was able to preserve more of the continuity of the original, which has a somewhat larger range than that of any one recorder. The extended range of the Helder tenor also allowed for slightly fewer alterations to the original line. I recorded this for a virtual concert for the Society for Historically Informed Performance series in the summer of 2021.