Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott“ from St. Matthew Passion (Tariq Harb, guitar)

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