ExclusiveHandel: Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in G Minor

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in g minor. The player is unknown. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 DEED Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

The organ concertos op. 4 and op. 7 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) were originally composed as musical interludes to be played during the intervals of oratorios.

Handel chose to write for the organ, an instrument that had previously been relegated to the liturgical service, in order to emancipate it and give it a new, more brilliant character that would appeal to the public. It is clear from the scores that these concertos do not need to be played on a large instrument, as they only sporadically require the use of the pedal, which makes them suitable for performance on the harpsichord.

The set of Op.4 and Op.7 together comprises a total of 12 concertos, each with its own character, form, style and atmosphere. The tonalities used are those most common and fashionable in the Baroque period, with the possible exception of the A major Concerto Op.7, which stands out not only for its tonality but also for the particular elegance and fluctuation of its fugue theme.

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