I will magnify thee HWV 250b 韩德尔 骑熊士版

亨德尔的四首圣歌都是他在伦敦皇家礼拜堂期间创作的。

作曲家: Handel, George Frideric
校订者: Hendrie, Gerald
出版社: Bärenreiter 骑熊士(小熊版)
难度: 3
原文简介:
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 (O sing unto the Lord HWV 249a, I will magnify thee HWV 250b, As pants the hart HWV 251e, Let God arise HWV 256b), 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.

Scoring

HWV 249a: soloists (AB), chorus (SATB) flute, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, strings, continuo

HWV 250b: soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB), oboe, strings, continuo

HWV 251e: soloists (SAATBB), chorus (SAATBB), 2 oboes, strings, continuo

HWV 256b: soloists (AB), chorus (SATB), oboe, strings, continuo

- Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition” at the forefront of musical scholarship

- First separate editions for performance purposes

- Clear and easy-to-play piano reductions

- Original English text with underlaid German translation