Sixteen easy to intermediate pieces from 18th-century Sweden. The collection for violin (flute or oboe) keyboard and optional cello (bassoon) includes airs and dances by Roman Agrell Kraus Wikmanson Bellman.The Baroque Around the World series for flexible ensemble with keyboard can be used in the home in schools and in music centres – ideal for informal music-making as well as student and professional performance.Each publication includes a CD with listening and play-along tracks performed by the outstanding musicians Sharon Lindo (violin) Jennifer Stinton (flute) Nick Stringfellow (cello) and Jeremy Barlow (harpsichord).

Chandons Te Deum HWV 281. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel composed the 'Te Deum” in B-flat major HWV 281 in 1718 for the future Duke of Chandos, hence its nickname 'Chandos Te Deum”. Here it is called 'Te Deum for Cannons” after the Duke's stately home named Cannons where the first performance took place. The unusual scoring for flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, two violins and basso continuo plus a choir (one soprano, three tenors and a bass) probably reflects the musicians which were available at Cannons, bearing in mind that three tenors were used also in 'Acis and Galatea”, the masque which was composed at almost the same time. Though in many respects this 'Te Deum” is reminiscent of the 'Utrecht Te Deum”, its smaller forces tend to give it more the character of chamber music. This edition is based on the Urtext from the 'Halle Handel Edition” (BA 10708), which offers the first complete scholarly text of the music for the 'Te Deum”./ Répertoire / Violon 1 (Partie Séparée)