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Hello, Fuge a3 in c minor written for organ. North german style. Please tell me what you think.

I know it has the anachronism of using a piano with pedals, but during the 19th century there were a lot of baroque reworkings and pastiches that got away with this (e.g. Busoni), so I don't care. Also, people loved Gould, even though Bach played on the piano is an anachronism too. I like to think of this piece more of a 19th century transcription of a baroque piece for other instruments.

Very nice! You seemed to have grasped the German baroque sound quite well, the slight dissonances are actually quite convincing to me. I know the piano arrangement is an anachronism as you mentioned, but I think it works very well. You may not have had so much inspiration, but you it sounds like you wrote this with care. Just an arbitrary and non-musical question, but what fonts did you use for the slanted text and the bar numbers? I might like to use it sometimes.

Hey, this is very nice! I really like your orchestration, you have developed great skill. I basically second @PeterthePapercomPoser's comment, I love the mood and rhythm. I hope to see more!

I like the Gigue the best as it seems to have the most bounce in it's step. A complaint that I frequently have with these kind of suites (even with some of Bach's suites not just yours) is that they are only marginally related to the original dances which inspired them. They lack the energy and vivacity of a dance and hence don't really sound dance-like anymore. I don't know if the instrumentation is conducive to making them more dance-like but I've personally composed a few of these kinds of dances but for string orchestra (you can judge for yourself whether they sound dance-like or not). Thanks for sharing!

Uh, that is basically what I composed here with a few melodic and harmonic alterations: Why would you be plagiarizing my work, without even saying that my work inspired you to write it? I mean, it's not as much of a big deal because I'm expanding the Weather Music Suite that that piece was part of to a full orchestra, but still, it feels wrong that I'm not credited.