Georg Friedrich Händel: Pack Clouds Away: Unison Voices: Vocal Score

George Frideric Handel's Eternal Source Of Light Divine arranged by John Rutter for Soprano solo and Organ (or Strings and Organ continuo) with optional solo Trumpet. This deeply expressive arioso which opens Handel's Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne(1713) was performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel Windsor on 19 May 2018. Originally scored in D major for counter-tenor with Trumpet and strings the work is here arranged by John Rutter for performance by Soprano and Organ (or Strings and Organ continuo) with or withoutsolo Trumpet in the slightly lower key of C major. The orchestral score and instrumental parts are available for purchase as a package containing (1) the orchestral score in C major and (2) the instrumental parts (solo tpt vln 1 vln 2 vla vc db organ continuo) in two versions in C major and D flat major. The D flat version of the parts is to enable performance with modern strings but natural Trumpet the Trumpet playing in Handel's original key of D major but at baroque pitch (A = 415).

Ger. Soprano, Violin and Piano. Sheet Music and CD Play-along Pack available: see Q 8782 / Voix Et Piano