concerto grosso in a minor
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Concerto Grosso in A minor
Georg Friederich Händel
Number 4 from the 12 Concerti Grossi, op 6
Arranged by Peter Billam
For Recorders and Harpsichord
© Peter J Billam, 1997
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Concerto Grosso op 6 no 4 in A minor
by Georg Friederich Händel
In the days when the aristocracy patronised the art of music, the richest andmost musical employed their own orchestras and composers.The high pointof the musical calendar would occur when travelling virtuosi would visitcourt, talent-spotting or looking for employment, giving lessons and con-certs. For such concerts, concerti grossi were written.They giv e the orches-tra the chance to swap phrases with top class soloists, and to play along withthem, perhaps to impress them and so improve their career options.
Bach wrote six concerti grossi, theBrandenburg Concerti.
Handel wrote nineteen concerti grossi; six in opus 4 published in 1734, oneknown asAlexander’s Feastcomposed in 1736, and twelve in opus 6 pub-lished in 1739.
The original of opus 6 no 4 in A minor is for string orchestra with two violinsoloists. Thisarrangement is for harpsichord and recorders; it is designed tobe conducted from the keyboard, as would have been the practice at the time.
There are four contrasting movements; the first a lyrical solo for Altorecorder (the low E is played by half-shading the end-hole with the knee),the second an dramatic display for multiple soprani, the third serene sus-tained chords for SAT over a walking bass line, and the fourth an energeticromp.
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