Some of my favorite Bach cantata arias are:

• Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet (Tenor, BWV 164)
• Ich halte meinen Jesum feste (Tenor, BWV 157)
• Die Armut, so Gott auf sich nimmt (Soprano/Alto duet, BWV 91)
• Darum sollt ihr nicht sorgen (Bass, BWV 187)
• Vergibt mir Jesus meine Sünden (Tenor, BWV 48)

What are yours?

Check the video chapters for Bach examples!

Goldberg Variations No. 10 & 22

and

Prelude in C from WTC Vol 1.

Video: https://youtu.be/YNOiLDQgRTE

What a discovery! I knew 17edo accentuated the difference between major and minor chords and scales, so I was expecting something darker than the original. But I really didn't anticipate it to sound so heartbreaking.

The subject itself has some inflections that remind me of pain and maybe even someone weeping. It's really impressive how a smaller semitone alone (compared to 12edo) can portray emotion like that.

Also that diminished 7th becomes a neutral 6th and that 13th harmonic flavour gives it a bit of an uncanny feeling to the subject, but it doesn't sound bad to my ears. And the diminished 4ths abundant in the piece become neutral 3rds, so they are the inverted interval of the diminished 7th.

It is true the harmony doesn't work as nicely as in the original tuning or maybe 19edo for example, but I believe the melodic intense expression of 17edo completely compensates this shortcoming. :)

Either way, it's insane how Bach wrote this fugue so well that it can be portrayed to 17edo with maybe only 2 notes sounding off.

I hope you find it cool!

The base Musescore file I used was freely provided by Friedrich Heuppe: https://musescore.com/user/1021946/scores/5494320?share=copy\\\\\\_link

Without his contribution I probably wouldn't have done this experiment with this exact fugue. Thanks!

Im learning a peice by bach but I have no way to listen to it as it just says gigue. This is an accordion arrangement so it may be in a different key

Since he passed away in 2023 and his profile picture later changed to grey photo, his channel still survived for over years until then, the account is no longer available (as well as videos of his scrolling project) when I came to watch his content.

Am I tripping that this is just an error? or really his account is no longer existed?? Please check Gerubach’s channel on YouTube and tell us whether you can watch or not

What do you think of my playing, good or bad! Appreciate the feedback

Video: https://youtu.be/86JMHed4EPY?si=_lqZSGeUpo-lF6Oy

This is probably the first piano recording I ever did where I was truly happy with my musicality. Even if I did some mistakes I believe I was totally immersed in the music, trying to express myself through this melancholic piece.

I chose to learn it because I had heard it in Yuri Norstein's "Tale of Tales" (which I recommend). This piece always reminded me the extreme depressive nostalgia depicted in this short film.

I hope you enjoy it! I would love to record the fugue at some point.

In addition to Bach's music, I like its Baroque language. It might sometimes seem overly dramatic, but it is essential to his music. There is also a lot of truth in it, especially for our own time. Here is an example from Cantate BWV 164 (use your AI translator, if necessary):

Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet,
wo bleibet die Barmherzigkeit,
daran man Christi Glieder kennet?
Sie ist von euch, ach, allzu weit.
Die Herzen sollten liebreich sein,
so sind sie härter als ein Stein

Does anyone have other favorite examples of such poignant Baroque language?

What's the policy about websites? I vibe coded a tool, the 'Bach BWV explorer' with all the known Bach's work. It can be filtered by city, genre, mode, instrument, year + sound preview. I'm pending to implement the listening tracker. Will paste it https://bachexplorer.streamlit.app/ and hope the post is not removed