Bach,JS: Courante from the Lute/Cello Suite, revised for ney by Ino (2022)

Bach’s Courante, taqsimata on the ney by Ino

This is perhaps the most popular piano transcription of Bach’s well known chorale, by English pianist Myra Hess.

J.S. Bach/Hess, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

This is my favourite from Bach’s English Suite No. 3 in G Minor,  believed to have been composed around 1714. I recently learned that a "Musette" is both a dance form and baroque musical instrument ... a small, elegant bagpipe that was fashionable in French court circles. There is typically a G bass note and a G major resonance to the pastoral melody. It provides a nice contrast with the Gavotte sections.

J.S. Bach, Gavotte and Musette from English Suite No. 3

In my humble opinion, Bach fugues are one of the wonders of the world. This is the first two pages of a piece originally composed for organ, that was later transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt.

J.S. Bach, Opening of Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

Bach's Two- Part Inventions are a collection of fifteen short keyboard works originally composed for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann, and later rewritten as musical exercises for his students. The pieces are arranged in order of ascending key, covering eight major and seven minor keys. Each has two simultaneous musical lines that are harmonically interdependent, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. They are all quite lovely and fun to perform.

J.S. Bach, Two-Part Invention in B Flat Major

I am an amateur pianist with an ongoing passion for this musical instrument.  These are some favourite pieces, performed on a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano.

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