Buxtehude`s Praeludium opening has one of the most exhortatory improvisatory utterances` ever to have begun one of his musical orations. Like a clarion call, the introductory solo pedal passage delivers its opening statement. The theatrical exuberance ofthe praeludium`s exordium must have captivated and enthralled Buxtehude`s audiences. One only has to imagine the sensational sound as Buxtehude manoeuvred the pedals from their deepest depths through to the upper registers reverberating around the hall.
The only ensemble that can match the sonorousness of a an organ is undoubtedly the brass quintet, and this one has to be heard to be believed. -the publisher