CDD22052 - Disc 1 Track 21 - Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 3 - Hyperion Records

Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 3

composer

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Recordings

Handel: Organ Concertos

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

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Details

Movement 1: Allegro

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 21 on CDD22052 CD1 [5'02] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Movement 2: Organo ad libitum: Adagio

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 22 on CDD22052 CD1 [0'39] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Movement 3: Organo ad libitum: Fugue

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 23 on CDD22052 CD1 [2'35] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Movement 4: Spiritoso

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 24 on CDD22052 CD1 [4'19] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Movement 5: Menuets I/II alternativo

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 25 on CDD22052 CD1 [4'42] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 3

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Op 7 No 3 in B flat major was the last instrumental work Handel composed. It was written between 1 and 4 January 1751 and first performed after Act II of Alexander’s Feast at Covent Garden on 1 March that year at a concert which also included the premiere of The Choice of Hercules. After the first movement Handel simply wrote ‘Adagio e fuga ad libitum’ in the manuscript. On this disc the Adagio is a transcription of a movement from a G major Violin Sonata while the fugue is one of Handel’s few original organ solo works – the ‘Voluntary (or Fugue)’ in B flat from a set of six published in 1735.