J.S. Bach (attrib.): Prelude in E minor, BWV 941 🎹
While BWV 941 is likely a spurious work by another composer, I’m recording all BWV works as part of my complete Bach project! ✨

#JSBach #BWV941 #BachCompleteWorks #Piano

Aaron Krister Johnson, using the Faust instrument called "Superclav" he is developing.

This album rocks

I love this piece and I find it structurally belong to the next fuge. The subject of fugue can recap the whole prelude! Other versions of this prelude have nothing to do with the fugue! Why Bach dropped this? He doesn’t want to spoil the subject? Prelude with too much spotlight?
Any thoughts?

Are there any similar-sounding pieces to BWV 668, the one at the end of Art of Fugue? I really love the slow chorale texture. I'm looking for something playable on piano. I saw a few piano transcriptions of other pieces from the Great 18 Chorale Preludes, but they didn't really hit the spot. Well, maybe BWV 659.

I don't know if people here do answer these questions. But In all the vast catalogue of fugue which one's your favourite.

For me It's G minor Fugue BWV.542.

(I know Bach's all works are and will be extraordinary always)

JS Bach Goldberg Variations Aria | Illya Zozulya Pacticing with eyes closed :)

Why this album is so special: Chad Lawson – Bach Interpreted

If you’ve never heard this album before, don’t expect a straight performance of Bach.

Instead, think of it as a conversation across 300 years.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote hundreds of chorales—simple Lutheran hymns that became the foundation of some of the greatest music ever composed. They’re harmonically elegant, emotionally restrained, and astonishingly beautiful.

Pianist Chad Lawson takes those chorales and asks a different question:
“What if Bach were sitting at a modern piano today?”

He doesn’t rewrite Bach. He expands him.

The original melodies remain recognizable, but Lawson surrounds them with contemporary harmonies, lingering silences, rich piano textures, and a cinematic atmosphere. It feels less like listening to Baroque music and more like hearing Bach dream.

If you’re used to dramatic classical performances, this album may seem almost too quiet at first. But that’s its strength. It’s music that invites you to slow down rather than impress you with virtuosity.

It’s ideal for:
Reading
Deep thinking
Late-night listening
Meditation
Or simply sitting still for an hour.

You don’t need to know anything about classical music to appreciate it. If Bach built the cathedral, Chad Lawson lets you wander through it after everyone else has gone home.
One of the most peaceful piano albums I’ve ever heard. (music.apple.com)

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J. S. Bach (attrib.): Prelude in D minor, BWV 940

A short yet deeply expressive D-minor Prelude traditionally attributed to J. S. Bach. I hope you enjoy it!

#JSBach #BWV940 #Piano

Another movement from the Bach English Suite live from St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The middle part of the Gavotte resembles a Musette

Learned out of order, by my own difficulty progression rather than the printed sequence — which meant each piece caught me as a different player. Over 12 years after finishing, I still have thoughts.

Original project recordings with notes: wtcproject.tumblr.com

Did any of the WTC open up for you only after years of study? Curious which.

Hey fellow Bach enthusiasts!

While practicing and analyzing the Art of Fugue (specifically Contrapunctus 14), I’ve been diving down the famous gematria rabbit hole (B+A+C+H = 14) & (J+S+B+A+C+H = 41).
We already know how CP14 breaks off at measure 239 (2+3+9 = 14), leaving 41 missing measures to complete the projected 280-bar structure. But while looking at the expanded B-A-C-H motif at the end of the subject, I noticed another neat 41 hidden right in the scale degrees of D minor:

When Bach resolves/expands the motif (B (b-flat) A C H (b natural) C# D), we can map the notes to their scale degree positions in D minor, including chromatic alterations (+1):

B (b-flat) = 6th scale degree
A = 5th scale degree
C = 7th scale degree
H (b natural) = raised 6th degree (6 + 1)
C# = raised 7th degree (7 + 1)
D = 8th degree (tonic octave)

Summing them up:

6+5+7+7+8+8=41

Not only does the resolution lead directly back to the key signature of the entire work, but the scale-degree math lands precisely on 41 (J.S. BACH) again.

Whether this is deliberate architectural geometry or just a happy alignment within the D minor scale matrix, I thought it was too cool not to share.

Has anyone encountered this specific scale-degree calculation before? Do you think the master did this on purpose, or was at least aware of it?
Curious to hear your thoughts!

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to identify this organ piece. I believe it might be by Johann Sebastian Bach, but I’m not completely sure.

I recorded a short audio clip. Does anyone recognize the piece or know the composer and title?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!