{"id":3979,"date":"2024-02-07T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?post_type=product&p=3979"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:05:59","slug":"handel-suite-from-rinaldo-for-brass-septet-pdf-download","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?product=handel-suite-from-rinaldo-for-brass-septet-pdf-download","title":{"rendered":"Handel – Suite from ‘Rinaldo’ for Brass Septet (PDF Download)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Handel\u2019s 1711 crusader opera Rinaldo<\/i>, which pits the Christian Rinaldo against Argante, the Muslim King of Jerusalem, was the first Italian-language opera composed for the London stage. Handel composed the opera in just two weeks, aided by the recycling of much existing material \u2014 so much that it has been described as an \u201canthology\u201d of his Italian period. The three arias included here are all recycled: Sibilar gli<\/i> angui<\/i>, here an aria for solo trombone, was lifted completely from a dramatic cantata, and has a \u201cludicrously inappropriate\u201d text for the bellicose Argante\u2019s grand Act I entrance; also from an earlier cantata, Il vostro maggio <\/i>is here a trumpet solo, in which mermaids lead Rinaldo astray with a song about love\u2019s delights; and Lascia ch\u2019io pianga<\/i>, played by the E-flat trumpet, was in its third incarnation in Rinaldo <\/i>(it began life as an Asian dance in the 1705 opera Almira<\/i>, before appearing in a later oratorio). The latter, in which Almirena bemoans her fate and longs for liberty, is an incredibly simple tune set to a plain accompaniment; but the result is intensely moving, and it has become by far the most famous aria in the opera.<\/p>\n

Matthew Knight<\/p>\n

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