The Occasional Oratorio

The Occasional Overture is a piece of two parts the first meditative and singing with the dotted rhythms that denote grandeur while the march is confident of victory.Handel composed the Occasional Oratorio or cobbled it together as some sources would have it in the winter of 1746 and performed it almost immediately. The oratorio contained some new music and some borrowings from earlier music and it was meant to express musical support for the Hanoverian side in the second Jacobite rebellion. It was certainly not his greatest work but just as certainly contains some movements among its forty-four in total that have music worthy of preservation and performance.

Oratorio in three parts-Israel in Egypt HWV 54Oratorio in three partsThe versions of the 1739 and 1756?7 performances The distinguishing feature of our new edition is that it reproduces Israel in Egypt in its complete three-part form: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph Exodus and Moses? Song. It was in this form that the work was given at its London premiere on 4 April 1739. Handel made extensive changes for the second performance. The reason is often said to have been the audience?s dissatisfaction with the work?s unusual design. However he may possibly only have wanted to satisfy the whims of asoprano who felt under-represented with solo material. Israel in Egypt is made up of a series of contrasting and artfully constructed choruses separated only by a few numbers for solo voice. Part 1 is entirely given to the chorus Part 2 largely so and Part 3 while containing most of the solo numbers still gives ample room to the chorus. Handel shortened several choral numbers and may have taken the opportunity to alter the opening of Exodus. He also added five arias and a recitative for the soprano Elisabeth Duparc. These arias had already been written for insertion in other works of the 1730s and two of them had been sung a short while previously in An Oratorio (1738). There is no libretto containing the changes introduced at the second performance. All the insert arias are reproduced in Appendix 1 of Volume I/14 of the complete edition. The next performance of the piece did not occur until 1756. Handel now compiled an entirely new Part 1 containing a balanced proportion of choral and solo numbers by selecting items from Solomon the Occasional Oratorio and the Peace Anthem. The two other parts retained their original form apart from a few cuts in the choruses and the addition in Part 3 of the aria ?Hope hope a pure and lasting treasure? from the second version of Esther (for both 1756 and 1757) and the aria ?Toss?d from thought to thought? from Alexander Balus (for 1757). Our new edition makes it possible for the first time to perform Israel in Egypt in three different versions: that of the premiere

Oratorio in three parts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Oratorio In Three Parts / Oratorio / Répertoire / Choeur Mixte

From Handel's Occasional Oratorio comes this stately classical anthem. A great anthem of power and praise it works equally well in concert or church.

CD Coach Me packs includes a booklet containing:- the sung text in its original language, with a word-for-word translation into English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, plus an international phonetic alphabet transcription of the sung text. On the CD recording the text is spoken slowly and clearly in the original language by carefully chosen native speakers. The melody of each musical number is then played with a simplified accompaniment consisting of cues and harmonies. Finally the standard piano accompaniment of each piece is played with occasional cues (ensemble partners, chorus entrances). Both accompaniments are performed on a grand piano by experienced vocal coaches. / CD / Cd

Job (Vocal Score)-A substantial work for four soli SATB chorus and orchestra using text from the translation of Stephen Mitchell's The Book Of Job. Like Vaughan Williams in his Job: A Masque for Dancing Davies was inspired inpart by William Blake's 21 engravings for the Book of Job. His oratorio however is less dependent on find parallels for Blake's visual details given the direct poetry in David Lemon's adaptation of the Stephen Mitchelltranslation from the biblical original it is hardly surprising that the spotlight should be so much on Job's suffering litany. The baritone has the lion's share of the setting though the other soloists occasionally reinforce hisplea and chorale-like episodes universalize his predicament. Davies frames with work with two seminal plainsong-like passages; there is also plenty of dramatic contrast both within Job's monologues and in the vivid orchestralwriting for the smarmy Comforters the initially shrill God who finally appears out of a dazzling orchestral whirlwind and the animal life he uses to illustrate the wonders of creation to a humbled Job.Commissioned by theUniversity of British Colombia it was first performed in May 1997 by Valdine Anderson (soprano) Linda Maguire (mezzo soprano) Paul Moore (tenor) and Kevin McMillan (baritone) with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the CBC VancouverOrchestra conducted by the composer.Vocal score with piano reduction of the orchestral score. Duration c. 70mins.

Par DUCKETT RICHARD. La série de ' Equipe ' est utilisable avec les deux individus ou un tuteur de groupe encourager les étudiants à essayer ensemble jouant depuis le début. Tous les livres de la série sont entièrement intégrés permettant aux étudiants à l'aide de ' Equipe Brass ' à jouer dans les ensembles avec les élèves à l'aide de ' Equipe bois ', ' Equipe percussions ', ' Equipe Recorder ' et ' Equipe chaînes '. ' Equipe Brass ' est un cours flexible et adaptable idéal pour les joueurs de cuivres de débutant. Le tuteur peut être adapté en fonction des besoins spécifiques de chaque étudiant. Chaque pièce est soigneusement classé pour assurer une progression logique à un rythme raisonnable et étudiants sont introduits à une grande variété de styles musicaux tout au long de l'ouvrage. Imaginative Piano accompagnements ont été fournis ainsi que des notes utiles et claires scores ensemble à l'aide de l'enseignant. ' Equipe Brass ' comprend également toutes les échelles pour les catégories pertinentes établies par les jurys d'examen majeur. Il s'agit de l'édition en langue allemande de ' Equipe Brass ' pour trompette et Cornet./ Méthode / Trompette