"Organ Prelude in Dm BWV 539" - performed on bassetti free-bass accordion by Paul Shigrove

I've chosen to slow things down a bit with this meditative piece. The prelude is an example of the sheer beauty of Bach's musical imagination. It is a polyphonic piece with two voices in a modified "rounded binary" form & a work of soulful expressiveness. Notice the tension he creates with dissonant harmonies & how smoothly & effortlessly he resolves them. I thought I would just breeze through this piece in a couple of weeks but it took me much longer to memorize where all the important ties & suspensions begin & end. And I had to place the bellows changes in such a way so as not to sound overly abrupt. This is another one of those pieces that gives me a natural megadose of endorphins as I affirm Bach's own credo of "SOLA DEO GLORIA!"

[@rickaccordion5900]

Sounds great. Yeah Bach!

[@accordionland1205]

Thanks Richard! On the musical map "All roads lead to Bach!"

[@bootsbaugarage]

Very enjoyable. Bellow changes are so clever that it sound like an organ. If expressiveness is the key, somewhat less tempo might be applicable, in a way that each new harmony comes as a surprise, like it would have been invented in the moment it is played... that will come automatically when the piece is left alone for a few weeks and then played again. Bravo!

[@accordionland1205]

Thanks for the great advice "bootsbaugarage". Some people say, "With Bach you should just let the notes do the talking," but I find with the accordion there's so much opportunity to articulate them in an individualistic way.

[@hanahuskovic9018]

bravoo you play it so well!

[@accordionland1205]

Thanks Hana! I'm glad you liked it.