This is my kind of meditative Adagio in g minor for a stringquartett on the famous 4-note pattern B-A-C-H.
The atmosphere here is of sadness and pain. A contrasting second theme in Eb Major, a kind of choral, rises up from this like a solemn prayer .
http://gerdprengel.de/b-a-c-h.mp3
http://gerdprengel.de/b-a-c-h.pdf
Gerd