Happy Present Meet
Handel Occasional Oratorio HWV 62 for Vocal Score
Oratorio in three parts
German, English
Piano reduction, Urtext version
1. Preface
2. Vorwort
3. Index of Numbers / Verzeichnis der Nummern
4. Ouverture
5. Part I
6. Part II
7. Part III
8. Appendix I: New Movement for the performance on 19 and 26 February 1746 / Anhang I: Neuer Satz fur die Auffuhrungen am 19. und 26. February 1746
9. Appendix II: New movements for the performing version of 1747 / Anhang II: Neue Satze fur die Fassung der Auffuhrung von 1747
The “Occasional Oratorio” was composed as a reaction to a political event which shook the whole of England : the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-46 against the Hanoverian monarchy was crushed under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland. Handel, who was working on the oratorio “ Judas Maccabaeus” at the time, composed the oratorio quickly and reused some movements from earlier works. With the choice of a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton he demonstrated his support for the monarchy. The work was first performed on 14 February 1746 at the Covent Garden Theatre in London .
For the first time this seldomly performed oratorio which nevertheless contains wonderful music is available in an Urtext edition based on the “ Halle Handel Edition” . All available sources have been consulted. Further movements which Handel added for later performances are included in the appendix.
편곡자 Kohn, Ch
작곡가 Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
에디터 Channon, Merlin
