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Guitarist Tariq Harb performs his arrangement of the haunting aria “Erbarme dich, mein Gott“ from Bach's monumental St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244). This is a piece that I always wanted to arrange for guitar since my first experience of it was as a violinist in an orchestra. Even though the arrangement is an excerpt of the aria, I aimed to capture the profound sorrow of it and to convey that the music, regardless of its instrumentation, retains its perfect integrity. A guitarist may also choose to perform it with a singer, given that it is sung in the key of E minor, the key signature of this arrangement. In any case, I sincerely hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching! The score can be found via my online shop, which now has migrated to my website: “ERBARME DICH“ Although his oeuvre now stands at the apex of the canon, J.S. Bach was once music's g
