Messiah Overture

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel (arr. Johnson)

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General Info

Year: 1741 / 1966
Duration:
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rubank Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

The opening Sinfony is composed in E minor for strings, and is Handel's first use in oratorio of the French overture form.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• West Virginia: III

Performances

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• Maybrook (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Scott, conductor) – 11 December 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)

All Wind Works

• Amen (arr. Grace)
• Antiphonal Alleluia (arr. Liebergen) (1746/1999)
• Arm, Arm, Ye Brave (arr. Barrow) (1746/1980)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Allen) (1748/2007)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Kenny) (1748/1988)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Ricketts) (1748/2004)
• Concerto Grosso, Op 6
• Conquering Hero Comes, The, from "Judas Maccabeus"
• Dead March from "Saul"
• Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Marlatt) (1748/2011)
• Finale Grandioso (arr. Philip Gordon)
• The Gods Go A-Begging (arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit; rev. Leidzen) (1929/1947)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (arr. Marlatt) (2008)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah (arr. Davis and Longfield) (1741/2004)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr Ades) (1741/1958)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Barnes) (1741/1988)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Chiaffarelli) (1741/1941)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Johnson) (1741/1951)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Rondeau) (1741/2010)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Hornpipe from "Water Music Suite" (1717)
• La Rejouissance (arr. Williams)
• La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp)
• Larghetto (arr. Bullock) (1738/1994)
• Largo (arr. Barnes) (1988)
• Let Me Weep (arr. Haan) (1711/2004)
• March and Gavotte (arr. King) (1705/1956/1990)
• Menuetto from Symphony No. 104 "London" (arr. Glover)
• Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks, The (arr Boudreau) (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks, The (arr Mackerras) (arr. Mackerras and Baines) (1749/1960)
• No Shade So Rare (arr. Forsblad) (1738/1999)
• Overture in D Minor
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Sartorius) (1749/1941)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer) (1749/1982)
• Sarabande
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Slow March from "Scipio"
• Song of Jupiter (arr. Anderson) (1952)
• Suite from "Messiah" (trans. Curnow) (1741/1989)
• Thanks Be to Thee
• Three Chorales for Band (with Pasquini and Tchaikovsky; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
• Three Movement from "Water Music" (arr. Wagner) (1715/2014)
• Water Music (arr. Longfield) (1717/1997)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Erickson) (1717/1985)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Kay) (1717/1950)
• Zadok the Priest

Resources

• Handel, G.; Johnson, C. (1966). "Messiah" Overture [score]. Rubank: Chicago, Ill.
• Messiah (Handel), Wikipedia.