"Peter Wollny has known the Ciacona in D minor and the Ciacona in G minor for more than 30 years now ever since he discovered the organ works at the Royal Library of Belgium. The handwritten manuscripts were from an unknown writer; undated and unsigned. Yet Peter Wollny now director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig had a sense his discovery could actually be a hidden treasure, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach."
"The two secular organ works have now been performed for the first time in 320 years. They were performed at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig where Bach was cantor for 27 years, from 1723 until his death in 1750 by renowned organist and conductor Ton Koopman. The president of the Bach Archive said he was proud to perform them. "These pieces came out of nowhere, and who other than Bach could be their composer?""
Peter Wollny discovered the Ciacona in D minor and the Ciacona in G minor among undated, unsigned organ manuscripts at the Royal Library of Belgium more than 30 years ago. Wollny, now director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, pursued a meticulous search for confirming evidence and found a letter identifying the scribe as Salomon Gunther John, a pupil of Bach, with handwriting confirmation. Stylistic features such as melodic bass jumps to an upper register and extensive fugues align with Bach's characteristics. The two secular organ works were performed for the first time in 320 years at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig by Ton Koopman.
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