Clavier-Übung III

Artist in Residence James McVinnie puts the organ of St Peter Mancroft through its paces in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Clavier-Übung III, a collection of organ music considered some of the most important and technically demanding that Bach ever composed. 

It is, for many, the pinnacle of the organ repertoire: rich in theological symbolism and pulsing with emotional resonance. Stretching performer and instrument to the limits, from single keyboard works to six-part fugues, this is a rare opportunity to hear one of our generation’s finest organists bring this timeless music to life in one of Norwich’s best loved churches.