It anticipates the melody of the final chorale setting.

The opening chorus is a a gapped chorale setting of the tune.

Most of Buxtehude's chorale settings are in this form.

Craig Smith called the chorale settings "a window on the future".

Later in his life Hellinck wrote 11 German chorale settings in a motet style.

Discusses in-depth most of Böhm's chorale settings, including the main themes in each.

The work ends effectively with a chorale setting and a rhythmically sharp, bracing flourish.

The most inventively played works on the program were three chorale settings by Michael Praetorius, each offered in a variety of vocal and instrumental guises.

The piece begins with a chorale fugue (not shown here) that turns into a four-part chorale setting which starts at bar 35.

Although the bulk of them are German in origin, and predominantly baroque in style, chorale settings span many countries and musical periods.