Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Imeneo was premièred at Lincoln 's Inn Field in London on 22 November 1740 and given a second performance on 13 December of the same year. Unlike the varied events and convoluted action otherwise typical of opera seria , it has an uncomplicated plot line with a clear dramatic structure and excellent music. The arranger of the libretto is unknown. Handel wrote this oper…

Description Music for Royal Occasions is an exciting volume of pieces written for coronations and other royal celebrations over the past five centuries. It includes long-standing favourites, such as Handel's Zadok the priest and Parry's I was glad ; and works from earlier years, such an Henry Purcell's I was glad and the delightful Rejoice in the Lord alway . Many well-loved composers …

Chandons Te Deum HWV 281. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel composed the 'Te Deum” in B-flat major HWV 281 in 1718 for the future Duke of Chandos, hence its nickname 'Chandos Te Deum”. Here it is called 'Te Deum for Cannons” after the Duke's stately home named Cannons where the first performance took place. The unusual scoring for flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, two violins and basso continuo plu…

The Schott Violin Library contains eleven varied Baroque sonatas for violin and basso continuo. Including both popular sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann and lesser known, charming compositions by Dall? Abaco, Pepusch and Finger. Suitable for violinists of intermediate standard. Some of these works can be played entirely in first position, others require only a few position changes a…

Newly edited by Donald Burrows, the latest publication in the Novello Handel Edition with full historic, interpretative and critical notes. Handel's majestical setting of John Dryden in a cantata to honour the patron saint of music, first performed in London in 1739. ST or SAT soloists, SATB chorus. / Chant Et Piano

Méthode en anglais pour violon avec exercices et études.

Titres : Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus (G.F. Handel). Musette, Gavotte II or the Musette from English Suite III in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 808 (J.S. Bach). Hunters' Chorus from 3rd Act of the opera Der Freischutz (C.M. von Weber). Long, Long Ago (T.H. Bayly). Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 for Piano (J. Brahms). Bourrée from Sonata in F Ma…

Chandons Te Deum HWV 281. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel composed the 'Te Deum” in B-flat major HWV 281 in 1718 for the future Duke of Chandos, hence its nickname 'Chandos Te Deum”. Here it is called 'Te Deum for Cannons” after the Duke's stately home named Cannons where the first performance took place. The unusual scoring for flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, two violins and basso continuo plu…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. This authentic arrangement of ten movements from the Water Music suites dates from Handel's lifetime, but is published here for the first time, edited by the distinguished Handel scholar Donald Burrows. Its simple, light scoring makes it excellently suited to use by schools and small instrumental groups. It can be performed in many different combinations from the origi…

Musical Drama In Three Acts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The composition “Semele”, which premiered in February 1744, does not correspond to the genre criteria of either opera or oratorio and thus belongs to a number of significant works by Handel that elude clear classification. The editor of this edition calls the work a “musical drama in three acts”. The secular material is borrowed from Greek …

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel's three-act opera 'Sosarme, Re di Media' (HWV 30) was performed for the first time in 1732 with star castrato Senesino in the title role. The plot centres on a family conflict over the succession to the throne. This edition also contains the recitatives written for the early two-act version 'Fernando, Re di Castiglia' which the composer did not complete. In addi…