Effective use of limited means (Johann Balthasar Kehl, Wer nur den lieben Gott)

Kehl's prelude to "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" is again a simple, yet effective piece. The introduction and the coda are written in a three part texture. The chorale melody itself it accompanied by just one part for the left hand. To emphsize the simplicity, I use an equally simple registration of only a flute stop and a quintadena for the accompaniment and a principal together with the voce humana as solo.

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The recording was done with the Hauptwerk software and the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradisi, of the Bader organ in the Walburgiskerk, Zutphen (https://www.sonusparadisi.cz/en/organs/netherlands/zutphen-virtual-organ-model.html).

Score available here: https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-balthasar-kehl-wer-nur-den-lieben-gott-lasst-walten