Chorale Prelude 'Der Tag Der Ist So Freudenreich', BWV 605
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605, is a piece from the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) by Johann Sebastian bach, a collection of 46 preludes for organ almost exclusively written during the 1708-1717 period, while Bach was court organist in Weimar. The collection is defined by Bach himself in the title page as '[a book] in which a beginning organist receives given instruction as to performing a chorale in a multitude of ways while achieving mastery in the study of the pedal, since in the chorales contained herein the pedal is treated entirely obbligato'. This particular piece is a short, upifting, christmas-themed chorale.
