Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) was a German,
later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of
his career in London, becoming well known for his
operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel
received important training in Halle and worked as a
composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London
in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in
1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great
composers of the Italian Baroque and by the
middle-German polyphonic chora...(+)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) was a German,
later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of
his career in London, becoming well known for his
operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel
received important training in Halle and worked as a
composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London
in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in
1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great
composers of the Italian Baroque and by the
middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.
Chandos Anthems, HWV 246–256, is the common name of a
set of anthems written by George Frideric Handel. These
sacred choral compositions number eleven; a twelfth of
disputed authorship is not considered here. The texts
are psalms and combined psalm verses in English. Handel
wrote the anthems as composer in residence at Cannons,
the court of James Brydges, who became the First Duke
of Chandos in 1719. His chapel was not yet finished,
and services were therefore held at St Lawrence in
Whitchurch. The scoring is intimate, in keeping with
the possibilities there. Some of the anthems rely on
earlier works, and some were later revised for other
purposes. The Chandos Anthems are not anthems of the
kind we might today normally think, but rather the kind
of multi-movement, cantata-like sacred devotional
pieces that first began to pop up in England with Henry
Purcell and John Blow in the generation before Handel.
No. 11 (HWV 256) "The Lord is my light" Note that the
first movement of symphony added later. This is based
on Psalms 68 & 76.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandos_Anthems).
Although originally written for Voice (STB), Violins,
Oboes & Basso Continuo (Cello, Bassoon & Bass), I
created this Interpretation of the Chandos Anthem No.
10 in Bb Major (HWV 256) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, French
Horn & Bassoon) & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
