SKU: BT.AMP-039-010

Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was composed in a period of not much more than a month in 1746. As with the famous Messiah, use was made of previously composed material and indeed See, the Conquering Hero Comes! was grafted from another oratorio about Joshua. This arrangement of See the conquering Hero Comes will bring a great sense of ceremony to any concert.

Chorus and March is een bewerking van See, the Conquering Hero Comes uit het oratorium Judas Maccabaeus, waarmee voor Händel in 1746 het grote succes kwam. Philip Sparke schreef een meesterwerkwaardige bewerkingvoor harmonieorkest.

Chorus and March ist eine Bearbeitung von See, the Conquering Hero Comes ('Seht, der siegreiche Held kommt') aus Georg Friedrich Händels Oratorium Judas Maccabaeus, das dieser im Jahre 1746 in weniger als einem Monat komponierte. Das Oratorium handelt von Judas Makkabäus, der gemäß der jüdischen Überlieferung siegreich gegen die heidnischen Feinde kämpfte. Philip Sparke verfasste eine dem großen Meisterkomponisten würdige Bearbeitung für Blasorchester.

Chorus and March est basé sur le célèbre air See, the Conquering Hero comes! ( toi la Gloire !) extrait de l’oratorio Judas Macchabée composé en 1746, en un peu moins d’un mois. Ce nouvel oratorio relate les exploits de Judas Macchabée, un héros de l’histoire sacrée juive qui a mené des combats victorieux contre les ennemis pa ens. Philip Sparke en a réalisé une version pour Orchestre d’Harmonie digne de la création originale du grand maître de la musique baroque.

SKU: BA.BA10726-01

ISBN 9790006575596. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Preface: Pacholke, Michael.

In the brief half-year period from August 14, 1736, to January 27, 1737, Georg Friedrich Handel achieved an unprecedented level of productivity in his opera compositions, creating three operas. Additionally, in March 1737, he also composed a largely new oratorio titled â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Veritàâ? (â??The Triumph of Time and Truthâ?) HWV 46b. The libretto of this oratorio closely corresponds to that of the oratorio â??La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disingannoâ? (â??Beauty Reconciled in the Triumph of Time and Enlightenmentâ?) HWV 46a written in 1707. With â??La Bellezza ravvedutaâ?, Handel composed an allegorical and particularly dramatic oratorio right at the beginning of his oratorio compositions. In this work, there is no chorus inclined towards reflection. Not only do the four allegorical figures, Bellezza (Beauty), Piacere (Pleasure), Tempo (Time), and Disinganno (Enlightenment), listen to each other and react to the ideas presented by the others, but this prevailing dramatic principle of dispute is also found in the recitatives.

In 1737, when reworking the oratorio material as â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Veritàâ?, Handel approached the task pragmatically. He needed a new non-dramatic work to fulfill the eveningâ??s program for his audience at the Covent Garden Theatre during the fasting season when theatrical performances were prohibited. Although he had excellent Italian vocal soloists, notorious for their pronunciation in Handelâ??s English oratorios and who naturally preferred singing in Italian, Handel found a solution. It was evident to Handel that, in response to the ban on performances of his Italian operas during the fasting season of 1737, he should promptly create a new oratorio in the Italian language but following the three-part â??Englishâ? oratorio form that he had developed in â??Estherâ? HWV 50b in 1732. Unlike in Rome in 1707, he had access to a chorus in London in 1737, and the English oratorio, with its substantial choral sections, a preference for concert-like rather than dramatic composition, and frequent inclusion of organ concertos loosely related to the narrative, was already established.

The new volume of the HHA includes the original version of the 1737 premiere as well as all the surviving early and later versions (the latter being exceptional highlights) of individual musical pieces from â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Veritàâ?.

SKU: BT.DHP-1043545-030

Let Me Weep (‘Lascia ch’io pianga’) is an aria from Handel’s opera ‘Rinaldo’. According to reports he composed the music for the complete opera in just 14 days, using many melodies from earlier works. The melody of this wonderful aria is known all over the world and this arrangement by Jacob de Haan retains all the passion of the original.

Lascia ch’io pianga (Let Me Weep) is een aria uit de opera Rinaldo. Aaron Hill schreef het scenario, waarna Giacomo Rossi de poëtische teksten schreef. Georg Friedrich Händel voorzag deze later van muziek. Hij zou demuziek in veertien dagen hebben gecomponeerd en veel melodieën uit eerdere werken hebben gebruikt. In 1711 werd Rinaldo voor het eerst uitgevoerd. De melodie van deze prachtige aria is wereldwijd bekend en komt uitstekendtot haar recht in dit arrangement van Jacob de Haan.

Let Me Weep - im Original Laschia ch’io pianga - stammt aus der Oper Rinaldo, deren Musik Georg Friedrich Händel angeblich in weniger als vierzehn Tagen geschrieben hat! Er verwendete für diese märchenhafte Oper viele Melodien aus älteren Werken. Die Melodie dieser prächtigen Arie ist weltweit bekannt und beliebt - so ist mit Jacob de Haans hervorragender Bearbeitung für Brass Band ein Publikumserfolg garantiert!

Lascia ch’io pianga est un air extrait de Rinaldo, premier opéra londonien de Georg Friedrich Haendel sur un livret de Giacomo Rossi d’après un scénario d’Aaron Hill. Quinze jours de travail suffirent Haendel pour achever la partition. Le résultat est en réalité une vaste adaptation de plusieurs œuvres antérieures. Rinaldo a été créé Londres en 1711. Les décors féeriques et chevaleresques étaient éblouissants pour l’époque, et c’est sans doute pour cela que l’œuvre fut plébiscitée par le public.Dans le merveilleux jardin du palais enchanté d’Armide (l’alliée d’Argante, le rival de Rinaldo), Almirène (la promise de Rinaldo) pleure sa captivité dansson air Lascia ch’io pianga, l’un des plus beaux qu’Haendel ait écrits. Cette sublime mélodie, célèbre dans le monde entier, a été arrangée avec finesse et justesse par Jacob de Haan.