This Media Center item can only be displayed if you agree to the use of marketing cookies. With one click you can accept it.
Berenice - »Andante Larghetto«
Info
Notes available at: https://www.rundel.de/en/
aus der Oper · from the Opera BERENICE, Regina di Egitto (HWV 38) is an opera composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in 1736/37. It consists of three acts and was written along with Händel’s other two operas ARMINIO and GIUSTINO within half a year. The enormous amount of work demanded of the composer by working on three operas within a very short time led to great physical and mental exhaustion on Händel’s part. This is often cited as the reason why BERENICE is not seen as one of the composer’s outstanding masterpieces. Critics, however, find the deficiency more in the opera’s dramatic composition than in its musical substance that is highly praised and estimated. The minuet (»Andante Larghetto«) is considered a special masterpiece. The English music historian Charles Burney (1726-1814) described it in his ”General History of Music” as “one of the most graceful and pleasing movements that has ever been composed”.
The German composer Siegfried Rundel arranged this work of simple beauty for wind orchestra. The manuscript of his arrangement, which was not completed before his death, was thereby carefully finished in his usual practical manner.
Grade Level GB: 3-4 Grade Level USA: 2 (Easy) Composer: Händel, Georg Friedrich Arranger: Rundel, Siegfried Genre: Baroque Music, Classic, Classical Transcription, Opera Performance time: 00:04:30 Publisher: Rundel Size: A4 Info: Full Score + Parts Rundel Order Number: MVSR2668 Release Date: 2022
BERENICE, Regina di Egitto (HWV 38) is an opera composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in 1736/37. It consists of three acts and was written along with Händel’s other two operas ARMINIO and GIUSTINO...
George Frederick Handel was a German composer in the Baroque era. His musical talent was recognized early on. When he was only eight years old, he presented his organ skills to the Duke of Saxony-Weißfels. The Duke convinced Handel's parents to encourage the boy's talent. As a young man, Handel went to Hamburg and played second violin in the new opera "Am Gänsemarkt"....
Siegfried Rundel was born in Bußmannshausen on April 27, 1940. His fascination and natural talent for music showed from an early age. He played the trombone in the community band and tried first compositions and arrangements as a teenager. His teachers were pioneers of the German wind band development, such as Hans Feliy Husadel, Gustav Lotterer und Hellmut Haase-Altendorf. Siegfried Rundel...