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George Frideric Handel
Four Anthems Bärenreiter Urtext Edited by Gerald Hendrie Piano reductions by Andreas Köhs |
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Handel’s four anthems were all composed during his London period in the Chapel Royal. »As pants the hart«, his fifth setting of this Psalm text, was written in March 1738 for performance at a benefit concert for the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket. Until just before Handel’s first visit to England, the only instrument permitted to accompany the service in the Chapel Royal was the organ. These four works, with their orchestral accompaniments, thus represent something akin to a new genre in English church music. The four anthems are presented in clearly laid out vocal scores with easy-to-play piano reductions based on the Urtext from the »Halle Handel Edition«. Their winningly varied and self-sufficient orchestral writing provides a suitable framework for the festive chorus and the equally festive solo numbers. Today they sound as splendid as ever before. The full scores and vocal scores also contain a German translation along with the original English. O sing unto the Lord / O singet unserm Herrn HWV 249a BA 4263 Score EUR 12.95 Strings each EUR 2.95 Wind Set EUR 6.95 Organ EUR 5.95 BA 4263a* Vocal Score EUR 6.95 Scoring: soloists (AB), chorus (SATB) flute, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, strings, continuo I will magnify thee / Ich will dich erhöhen HWV 250b BA 4264 Score EUR 24.95 Strings each EUR 4.95 Oboe EUR 4.95 Organ EUR 8.95 BA 4264a* Vocal Score EUR 14.95 Scoring: soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB), oboe, strings, continuo As pants the hart / So wie der Hirsch nach Wasser schreit HWV 251e BA 4265 Score EUR 22.95 Strings each EUR 4.95 Wind Set EUR 6.95 Organ EUR 8.95 BA 4265a* Vocal Score EUR 14.95 Scoring: soloists (SAATBB), chorus (SAATBB), 2 oboes, strings, continuo Let God arise / Laßt Gott erstehen HWV 256b BA 4266 Score EUR 19.95 Strings each EUR 4.95 Wind Set EUR 6.95 Oboe EUR 4.95 Organ EUR 8.95 BA 4266a* Vocal Score EUR 12.95 Scoring: soloists (AB), chorus (SATB), oboe, strings, continuo |
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