Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, 3 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 (3) violins, 2 violas, cello, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5507549

Ode. Version of the first performance and version of 1751. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Felix Loy. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Handel. Organ. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Single Part, Organ. Composed 1736/1751. HWV 75. 60 pages. Duration 85 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 55.075/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5507549).

ISBN 9790007171315. Text language: German/English.

For the magnificent opening of the oratorio season at the beginning of 1736 Handel presented a composition which, like hardly any of his other oratorios, gave him the opportunity to display his musical artistry: John Dryden's ode Alexander's Feast or the Power of Music, published in 1696, demonstrates the power of music by the example of the ancient hero, Alexander the Great. From the impressive lament on the death of Darius, the King of Persia, to the boisterous Praise of Bacchus Handel avails himself of the entire breadth of the musical representation of the emotions and the possibilities for expression. In the text by Newburg Hamilton added at the end of work St. Cecilia elevates the events of the ancient heathen story, which Handel expressed in plastic, skillful polyphony. Later, this homage to the patron saint of church music, Handel also present the opportunity to perform the work on St. Cecilia's Day (22 November). For the first time the present new edition is based consistently on Handel's conducting score, which he used for his own performances of the oratorio, thus not only eliminating timeworn errors, but also offering clarity concerning the choruses, the arias and recitatives, actually performed in Handel's concerts, as well as their sequence of performance. The new Carus edition offers two performance versions: the version of the premiere in 1736, as well as a revised version from 1751. Furthermore, the inclusion of the Concerto for Harp HWV 294 (CV 55.294) is also possible; Handel composed this work especially for Alexander's Feast (as an illustration of Timotheus, the ancient poet who played the lyre). For this purpose the edition contains the appropriate alternatives for the sequence of the movements. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5507500.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, [2 oboes, bassoon], 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3118613

Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Diethard Hellmann. Arranged by Diethard Hellmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Argre Dich, O Seele, Nicht Bwv 186A. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, Whitsun. Single Part, Viola. Composed 1716. BWV 186a. 4 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.186/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3118613).

ISBN 9790007050702. Key: G minor / c dorian. Language: German. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata Argre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. Bach expanded and revised the cantata during his first year in Leipzig and performed it for the first time in its new form on the 7th Sunday after Trinity 1723. Only a wordbook survives from the original Weimar form of the work. Starting from the Weimar wordbook and Bach's Leipzig score, Diethard Hellmann has created a reconstruction of Bach's sole known cantata for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Bach's Leipzig version of the cantata is available separately (Carus 31.186/50). Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118600.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, [2 oboes, bassoon], 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3118614

Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Diethard Hellmann. Arranged by Diethard Hellmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Argre Dich, O Seele, Nicht Bwv 186A. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, Whitsun. Single Part, Cello/Double Bass. Composed 1716. BWV 186a. 8 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.186/14. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3118614).

ISBN 9790007050719. Key: G minor / c dorian. Language: German. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata Argre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. Bach expanded and revised the cantata during his first year in Leipzig and performed it for the first time in its new form on the 7th Sunday after Trinity 1723. Only a wordbook survives from the original Weimar form of the work. Starting from the Weimar wordbook and Bach's Leipzig score, Diethard Hellmann has created a reconstruction of Bach's sole known cantata for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Bach's Leipzig version of the cantata is available separately (Carus 31.186/50). Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118600.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, [2 oboes, bassoon], 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3118649

Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Diethard Hellmann. Arranged by Diethard Hellmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Argre Dich, O Seele, Nicht Bwv 186A. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, Whitsun. Single Part, Organ. Composed 1716. BWV 186a. 24 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.186/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3118649).

ISBN 9790007050726. Key: G minor / c dorian. Language: German. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata Argre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. Bach expanded and revised the cantata during his first year in Leipzig and performed it for the first time in its new form on the 7th Sunday after Trinity 1723. Only a wordbook survives from the original Weimar form of the work. Starting from the Weimar wordbook and Bach's Leipzig score, Diethard Hellmann has created a reconstruction of Bach's sole known cantata for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Bach's Leipzig version of the cantata is available separately (Carus 31.186/50). Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118600.