Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam

Christ unser Herr zum Jordan by Jonathan Dove is a 3-minute work for Organ solo. It is a meditation on baptism, drawing on the dramatic scene described in the gospels in which Jesus is baptised by John in the river Jordan. The work forms part of ‘The Orgelbüchlein Project’, a collective composition project which aims to complete Bach’s unfinished manuscript of short organ chorale preludes led by William Whitehead who has invited contemporary composers to contribute works.

Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by William Whitehead at the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London on 20 August 2017 as part of the BBC Proms 2017.