For example, Messiah is catalogued as HWV 56.Ĭlick here to view all items related to Handel. Handel's works have been catalogued in the Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis and are commonly referred to by a HWV number. Cecilia's Day), three trombones (Saul), clarinets or small high cornets (Tamerlano), theorbo, horn (Water Music), lyrichord, double bassoon, viola da gamba, bell chimes, positive organ, and harp (Giulio Cesare, Alexander's Feast). Handel introduced various previously uncommon musical instruments in his works: the viola d'amore and violetta marina (Orlando), the lute (Ode for St. Three other movements from the work are also available arranged for chorus and organ. Also notable are his sixteen keyboard suites, especially The Harmonious Blacksmith. &0183 &32 The Hallelujah chorus, the most famous movement from Handel’s Messiah, is now available in a separate editionWith orchestral accompaniment, or arranged for SATB chorus and organ. Amongst the works with opus numbers published and popularised in his lifetime are the Organ Concertos Op.4 and Op.7, together with the Opus 3 and Opus 6 concerti grossi the latter incorporate an earlier organ concerto The Cuckoo and the Nightingale in which birdsong is imitated in the upper registers of the organ. His most famous work, the oratorio Messiah with its "Hallelujah" chorus, is among the most popular works in choral music and has become a centrepiece of the Christmas season. Handel's compositions include 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, numerous arias, chamber music, a large number of ecumenical pieces, odes and serenatas, and 16 organ concerti. Handel's music was well-known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. He was strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic Choral tradition. His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Stream ad-free or purchase CDs and MP3s now on. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a naturalised British subject. &0183 &32 Check out Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 by Toronto Mendelssohn Choir on Amazon Music. Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. HANDEL Messiah Singing Sets- Please click here HANDEL Performance CDs- Please click here HANDEL Choraline 'With Singer' - Please click here HANDEL- Please click here to view everything we stock He is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. The choir and soloists are supported by The English Concert, one of the world’s foremost baroque orchestras, adding a wide palette of instrumental colours in large set pieces like Zadok the Priest as well as in the gently sensual and intimate May no rash intruder, the so-called ‘Nightingale Chorus’, with flutes imitating birdsong.George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer. But on this disc of ‘Great Handel Choruses’ the limelight belongs to the choir, and a great choir it is! With its more than 200 active members, The Bach Choir is an institution in the golden British oratorio tradition, its musical directors including Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir David Willcocks, and now David Hill, who conducts it on this recording. Counter-tenor Robin Blaze also make a guest appearance, singing the alto solo in The mighty pow’r from Athalia. The latter work is represented by Or let the merry bells, in which the lively soprano solo (sung by Carolyn Sampson), accompanied by a sparkling carillon, is lulled to sleep by the choir. Spanning in time from Zadok the Priest, one of the four Coronation Anthems of 1727, to the aforementioned ‘He saw …’ composed in 1750, this programme consists largely of great moments from Handel’s oratorios, but also from odes such as Alexander’s Feast and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. That particular piece is of course included on the present disc – as is He saw the lovely youth from Theodora, which Handel himself is reported to have preferred to Hallelujah, and indeed to all of his other choruses. Despite the fact that he wrote a large number of operas and instrumental works, Handel is often perceived as a choral composer – or, more specifically, as the composer of the Hallelujah chorus.
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