Donald Macleod explores the life and works of legendary organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude. Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, whom Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just ...

Better known for his influence on JS Bach than for any of the influential music itself, Buxtehude was one of the greatest organists of his day. Better known for his influence on JS Bach than for any ...

The Music: The title is a misnomer: although Buxtehude was born and brought up in Denmark, most of these cantatas were probably composed for St. Mary’s church in Lübeck, where he was organist for 40 ...

Bine Bryndorf proves an elegant stylist, using the full range of the instrument in St Mary’s Church, Elsinore (listen to the enchanting gedackt stop she uses in the Chaconne). Dacapo’s superb booklet ...

Dietrich Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, a legendary organist and composer who Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just to meet and learn from. Yet, the facts of Buxtehude’s ...

In this week’s Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod explores the early life of Dieterich Buxtehude, who in the late 17th century was regarded as one of the world's greatest organists. -As a young man, ...