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The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (concerto)

The Cuckoo and the Nightingale, HWV 295, is an organ concerto in four movements by George Frideric Handel. The second movement uses bird song motifs corresponding to the birds of the title. The concerto premiered in London in 1739 as an interlude during the first performance of the composer's oratorio Israel in Egypt.[1]

The King's Theatre where the concerto was first performed

Handel was a gifted organist, and his organ concertos were a "draw" to his oratorios. Handel's organ playing supplied an element of virtuosity which was probably missing from the singing because his oratorios were written for less highly trained singers than the operas. We know that he would have improvised at the organ to some extent.[2] As he got older and his eyesight deteriorated, the scores of his organ concertos contained more "ad libitum" bars for the soloist to improvise.

Scoring edit

Handel wrote for a chamber organ without pedals and a small Baroque orchestra. As well as strings, the orchestra has oboes and a continuo section.[1]

Publication edit

Handel had already published a set of organ concertos, Op. 4, which when it appeared in 1738 was the first ever collection of keyboard concertos. The same publisher, John Walsh, brought out "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" in 1740 as part of a second set (which bears no opus number). Later editions include that of the Händel-Gesellschaft, which published the concerto in 1894 as part of the composer's complete works.

Related work edit

Handel reworked some of the material, including the bird calls, as a concerto grosso (No. 9, HWV 327) which Walsh published as one of a set of twelve.

Discography edit

The Cuckoo and the Nightingale is one of Handel's better known organ concertos and has often been recorded. Among the organists who have recorded it are:

References edit

  1. ^ a b Robins, B. "Organ concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale"". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Norris, Geoffrey (2009). . Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Handel Organ Concertos". Gramophone. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

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