Händel, Georg Friedrich - Trio Sonata in B flat major

Händel, Georg Friedrich
Trio Sonata in B flat major
for 2 oboes and bassoon
HWV 388

For the composition of the first movement, as in the F major Sonata HWV 392, Handel took up the sixth aria 'My soul listens in seeing' from the collection “9 German Arias”. Handel composed this volume of arias in London between 1724 and 1727 based on texts by the Hamburg pastor Barthold Hinrich Brockes. Handel used motifs from the first movement and movements 2 and 3 of the sonata for the overture to the oratorio Esther. The music of the 4th movement can be found among others. in the organ concerto in B flat major. The very accurate handwriting Quantz ‘is flawless. Additional dynamics are given in brackets. Additional slurs are shown in dashed lines. In movement 2, Allegro, the last two 16th notes b and c are written in bar 47 in the basson, b and c sharp would also be possible In movement 3 Larg (b) etto, Quantz only writes staccato strokes in bars 2 and 3 in the basson, although this should also apply to the other corresponding positions.

Score & 3 parts / 27 pages