Oratorio in two
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Terence Best.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series I,
Volume 3. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 47.
Duration 1 hour, 50
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA04096_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA04096).
ISBN 9790006550098. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text
Language: Italian.
Preface: Terence Best.
Text: Carlo Sigismondo
Capece.
The Italian
oratorio La Resurrezione
(The Resurrection) was
written during
Handel’s time in
Rome. It was performed on
Easter Sunday 1708 with
great splendour and
extravagance by a large
orchestra conducted by
Arcangelo Corelli in the
Palazzo Bonelli, the
Roman palazzo of
Handel’s patron
the Marchese Francesco
Maria Ruspoli. In its
dramatic structure and
characterisation of the
protagonists, the work
displays a striking
affinity with Italian
opera. Lucifer’s
raging sixty fourth notes
call to mind the demon
characters in Venetian
opera and
Maddalena’s arias
are so full of expressive
power and virtuosity that
Handel later incorporated
one of them into his
opera Agrippina. The
unusual musical richness
of this work and the
virtuosic and masterly
shaping of the arias make
it a welcome addition to
any concert programme.
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