Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
(Cacilienode)
G.F. Handel/ed. Stephan Blaut - Baerenreiter-Verlag
Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Following upon Alexander’s Feast (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the Ode to St Cecilia (“Song for St Cecilia’s Day”). At its première it was combined with Alexander’s Feast. Rather than a dramatic plot presentable in the theater, the Ode, in its seven sections, offers a general hymn of praise to music and its impact. Accordingly, it largely consists of emotion-laden arias and festive orchestration. This edition, based on the Urtext from the Halle Handel Edition, offers the version heard at the first performance – the version preferred in today's concert life. The foreword (Ger/Eng) provides many detailed notes on performance practice with regard to orchestration.
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