Bach/Busoni 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' P. Barton, FEURICH 133 piano

Free sheet music in the public domain from the IMSLP Music Library:

[irenechoi]

Always listening to Bach’s music makes me humble! So beautiful. Thank you!!

[krisjustin]

I managed to play most of the tune out of this arrangement, but was shocked by the confusion, earlier caused by what seemed like an excess of tied notes making a visual barrier to finding the real melody! Nicely played and very helpful!

[aoristt]

Huge thanks for the great BACH! Best music ever!!!

[arletquintero]

What a Beautiful Classic Masterpice Mr. Paul!!!

[vcvvvALT]

Absolutely glorious, my friend. Beautifully played.

[vayasaberlo]

Exquisite performance. . . wonderful work

[margarethansen]

As always Paul Barton brings us with nice music in a good interpretation

[jslonisch]

Thanks for this Paul. As luck would have it I was learning this about the time you released this video and it is great to have someone who actually knows what he's doing to check against. Nice performance too.

[何乙峰-jx]

Wir lieberman Bach Klavier Musik sehr. Und Begruessen aus Taiwan.R.O.C. Vielen Dank fuel Ihre Spielen.

[alberto.fdez-diaz]

I do not know for sure if Busoni understanded Bach in its totality, but it is clear to me that Busoni felt a lot through Bach

[sharonkaczorowski]

Bach’s work is profoundly spiritual for me.

[jmjanacek]

Good morning! Blessings to you and your beautiful family! Hello to Emily!🙋‍♀️
From Oklahoma 🦋

[PianoTechSupport]

I dont get it. How is your left hand legato?

[PedroCristian]

What is the reason for not playing the 10th on left hand at 1:30?

[aoristt]

Dear Paul, will be wery glad to see "Nun Freut Euch, Liebe Christen, BWV 734" frщm you also, unless of course you deign, thank you

[lukemadams]

I really really love this piece and I'm so glad I've found your video with the score and the view of your hands.

I was a bit thrown off by the score as a lot of what's written just is not playable (unless you have obscenely big hands). Is it a case of accepting that it's not physically possible to play what's written and making compromises to get as close as possible? I suppose having the middle pedal on a grand makes it possible to keep some of the bass notes sustained where they are tied, but without I can see that there are some instances where it's necessary to kill the bass voice prematurely.

I noticed also that around 0:45 for example you hit the D above middle C with the Bb. The D isn't written in the score, is that something you do to keep the sonority of the soprano D which pedalling makes it impossible to sustain as a kind of compromise?

[ardlugt]

Hi Paul, your tutorials of piano music always are very helpful for my piano playing. Is it possible to make a tutorial on this "nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"?

[florianwalch]

You simplify the ritenutamente in the restatement of the Cantus' beginning (by playing the tenor with pedal, not finger legato) even though you have the span for it. In my options, Busoni wants this to sound strained - I prefer it that way.

[noahosterhoudt]

Hi Paul! It would be super cool if you could tackle the challenge of playing a Frederic Rzewski piece like The People United Will Never Be Defeated.

[ardarico]

Piano transcription by Ferruccio Busoni