Georg Friedrich Händel: 20 Overtures In Authentic Keyboard Arrangements 1:

The Occasional Overture is a piece of two parts the first meditative and singing with the dotted rhythms that denote grandeur while the march is confident of victory.Handel composed the Occasional Oratorio or cobbled it together as some sources would have it in the winter of 1746 and performed it almost immediately. The oratorio contained some new music and some borrowings from earlier music and it was meant to express musical support for the Hanoverian side in the second Jacobite rebellion. It was certainly not his greatest work but just as certainly contains some movements among its forty-four in total that have music worthy of preservation and performance.

De 1717 à 1720 Haendel est au service du duc de Chandos à Cannons. De cette époque datent les magnifiques Chandos Anthems (grands motets pour choeur voix de solistes orgue et orchestre) qui reflètent merveilleusement la capacité du compositeur à créer des sonorités magnifiques avec une formation musicale modeste. L?Ouverture en Ré mineur est extraite du Chandos Anthem n° 2 (HWV 247) In the Lord put I my trust qui constitue une des plus belles pages de musique religieuse du compositeur.

Familiar favorites such as the overtures to Messiah Acis and Galatea Alexander’s Feast Julius Caesar and the so-called Water Musick plus fresh discoveries for keyboard players—all demonstrating Handel’s exciting theatrical sense his technical virtuosity in composition and his dazzling mastery of musical forms. Reprinted from an extremely rare edition originally printed probably in the 1750’s by Handel’s London publisher John Walsh. The edition preserves the original keyboard notation amazingly precise in its elegant execution.

Per Gli Sponsali Di Teti e Peleo - HWV 73-The main text of this edition of Handel?s wedding serenata ?Parnasso in festa per gli sponsali di Teti e Peleo? (HWV 73) is based on the version used for the work?s first performances in March of 1734. Three appendices retrace the complex history of the work significantly different versions of which were used for revival performances in 1737 1740 and 1741. Included are abandoned and modified parts of the score as well as a documentation of changes made to the characters.Handel composed ?Parnasso in festa? for the wedding of Anne Princess Royal and Prince William of Orange which took place on March 14 1734 in London. As Handel?s contribution to the publicfestivities the serenata was performed the evening before the nuptials at King?s Theatre in the Haymarket. The bridal couple attended the performance.While the Italian text of the serenata was newly set most likely by Giacomo Rossi most of the music was drawn from pieces of Handel?s earlier works among them ?Athalia? from ?Radamisto? (HWV 12a) ?Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno? (HWV 46a) and ?Delirio amoroso? (HWV 99). Newly composed parts are limited to eight vocal pieces the sinfonia at the beginning of part 3 and the beginning of the overture. The available source material reflects the history of the work: There is no autograph composition score while the conducting score reflects a collaboration between Handel and his main copyist John Christopher Smith senior. However composition scores of individual newly composed pieces have been preserved.New edition based on the latest research after thorough examination of all relevant primary and secondary sourcesExtensive editorial Foreword about the work?s conception mythological background transmission reception and a survey of sources (Ger/Eng) with extensive critical report (Eng)Selected musical facsimiles as well as complete facsimile of the printed libretto of 1734Urtext of the Halle Handel EditionFull score (BA10718-01) and vocal score (BA10718-90) available for salePerformance material (BA10718-72) available for hire

The conductor and Keyboard player Christopher Hogwood has edited the new edition of Music For The Royal Fireworks. The edition is the result of thorough revision and correction based on the source material. During this process some incorrect notes were corrected and in particular the Viola part was revised. Misunderstood instructions from Handel relating to the colla parte coupling of the Viola with the second Oboe as in the overture or with the bass parts have been reassessed. Doubling with other parts resulted in passages which were too high or too low: these have now been rectified and a part suited to the range of the viola has been madepossible.- New critical edition based on new sources.- Detailed Prefaces (Ger/Eng).- Urtext of the â??Halle Handel Editionâ?.- Full score performance material (BA4299) and study score (TP373) available for sale.

Artist Level (correlates with Book 1 p. 34) From this Baroque masterpiece by Handel Mike has selected two of the most familiar themes for this arrangement. The bold and majestic strains of the Overture are followed by the faster and energetic Minuet. The brass and woodwinds are often featuring in answering phrases in this convincing adaptation for beginning groups.

25 Easy To Middle-Grade Duets From The Last Four Centuries. The flute duet has been a favourite combination for centuries resulting in many fine compositions and arrangements, not least of which were of many operatic overtures and arias - the pop music of the day - making these 'hits? available for people to play in their own home long before the gramophone was invented. 'Bühne Frei!? or 'Curtain Up!? (Book 1) is the latest release in the 'Magic Flute on Stage? series and celebrates this tradition of music making with the minimum of resources. It includes original pieces from Blavet and Berbuigier, operatic arias from Handel and Rossini, and arrangements of Bartok, all topped off with some jazzy pieces from that master of woodwind teaching, James Rae. Easy to intermediate level and ideal for teaching, relaxing or concerts and competitions. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / 2 Flûtes Traversières