St Matthew Passion: 1. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (piano transcription) 

J is the 10th letter and S is the 19th, so the sum should be 43, no?

@@obonyxiam J is not part of the Latin alphabet. The Romans used the letter I for the sound J as well. That's why J has the same number as I.

@@lauterunvollkommenheit4344 summa gratias tibi ago!

@@lauterunvollkommenheit4344 summa gratias tibi ago!

And its 14 reversed as well 😊

Thank you! I'm practicing a few pieces much more difficult than this one, but I don't know when I'll be ready. It can take many more months or years. Or maybe they'll never come to fruition. But even then, I would then be able to play "easier" pieces that I had not been able to. An example is the 3rd movement "Precipitato" from Prokofiev's Sonata No. 7. I don't have high accuracy, especially for the last section where block chords are flying all over the place, but it made the left hand leaps in this piece (the current video) a lot easier for me. (And, no, Precipitato is not one of the pieces I'm talking about at the beginning. I'll again keep it as a surprise.)

Thank you! I hope Bagge's arrangement will get renewed interest from professional pianists, so that one day we can listen to it in its entirety.

Your kind words are exactly the goal that I am still striving for. Thank you for your encouragement!

Thank you! On a related note, I have transcribed Bach's Mass in B minor for piano solo and recorded about one third of it, in case you are interested: ru-vid.com/group/PLzn9AgnjjJPlNlr6u2x9SNQboQgA8sNmx

I first learned this piece a few years ago. It took many weeks of practice. Only recently did I manage to get the accuracy high enough. I am just an amateur, so I'm sure many people out there can play this piece, if they are willing to practice it. The counterpoint and prevalence of tenths/leaps are the major technical challenges in my opinion. Thank you for subscribing! I have quite some unique content that you won't find elsewhere. Enjoy! :)

@@RuoshiSun I'm an amateur too. I quit piano lessons a long time ago (due to a school exam. So I didn't really want to quit). But, I still love the piano and play it often. I hated Baroque pieces when I took piano lessons (they introduced me to boring pieces) but Bach's Matthew Passion changed my mind. I love his chord progressions. You say "many people out there can play this piece". Yes, but most I found on RU-vid was someone played this on organ, or on piano as singer's accompaniment, 4 handed arrangements. I haven't found anyone else who made a recording of the "Opening Chorus" part on a solo piano so far (It's soo rare. Most people play the "Erbarmme dich" part on piano without transcriptions) I almost gave up the dream of playing Matthew's Passion arias and this piece on the piano until I found you uploaded your video playing this piece PLUS wrote down the music sheet link in the description which is really helpful for me :D THIS is the content I won't find elsewhere too! Thank you so much! I dreamed to play this part's intro in church service haha

@@RuoshiSun I'm sure you deserve more subs and likes, Ruoshi!

Thank you for your kind words! I'm sure you can do it with enough willpower. I want to encourage you from a positive angle: I started learning the piano at the age of 13 and never stood out among my peers. The only difference is that I kept practicing for several decades (not this piece) while most of them, including some of the most talented ones, gave up. It is literally the tortoise and the hare. Now that I have transcribed and played the opening movements of the Mass in B minor and St John Passion as well (you can find both in my channel), this piece is actually the most approachable among the three. The biggest challenge here is the abundance of 10ths, where you're not just playing a chord but counterpoint. If you cannot play 10ths comfortably, it may be very difficult to produce smooth lines. You may try to experiment with octave transpositions or dropping one of the extremities altogether as a compromise.

😄What a coincidence - I just recorded Stradal's transcription of that piece last week! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jCQbKYCTgZE.html

I also look forward to that day :)

@@RuoshiSun pleaseeeee can u do it

@@RuoshiSun if you can transcribe the entire Matthew passion, John passion, or b minor mass, you will CERTAINLY go down in history.

I have transcribed the entire Mass in B minor, although I can only play one third of it: ru-vid.com/group/PLzn9AgnjjJPlNlr6u2x9SNQboQgA8sNmx I hope to revise some movements and record the entire work some day.

@@RuoshiSun yesssss you are a based god.

Thank you. This is actually not my transcription (see description). I made only very minor modifications.

with organ you could probably fit in more of the voices with the feet, and provide distinction through the use of different stops

Danke schön! Manchmal zögere ich, die Passion zu spielen, weil es lange dauern wird...

Ja, tatsächlich haben wir letztes Jahr ungefähr zur gleichen Zeit hochgeladen!