For Unto Us A Child is Born - from Handel's MESSIAH - arranged for 2 flutes and organ duet (3 hands) скачать в хорошем качестве

For Unto Us A Child is Born - from Handel's MESSIAH - arranged for 2 flutes and organ duet (3 hands)

Perfect for the Christmas / Holiday season - or also very appropriate for an Easter performance. This iconic, joyous piece of music closes Scene 3 of the oratorio The Messiah, and it tells the news of the birth of a son. This is a version for 2 flutes - and organ for 3 hands (ie 2 organists). It's been arranged like this to increase accessibility for performances in church. Basically, organ reductions of the orchestral score are invariably very hard to play - especially the fast semiquaver (16th note) runs in thirds. So the arranger has split the top line to be played by a second organist (primo) sat to the right of the main organist (secondo). The right-hand player plays music just on the treble clef with one hand; therefore this person might be a student or essentially a non-organist. This will hopefully encourage more performances of this arrangement. There's a full organ backing track as an alternative, to increase further the possibility of a performance. Sheet music: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-U... or https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/pro... No organ or organist? Download the free organ backing track from: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Musically, the original is scored for a chorus of 4 voices (sopranos, altos, tenors and basses) and orchestra - and it's essentially one big fugue, with the melody passing cleverly between all four voices. In the chorus – The Mighty God – The Everlasting Father – The Prince of Peace – there is a sense of triumph and sheer joy at the news of a son. George Frideric Handel’s Oratorio "The Messiah" has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. CONTENTS of this video (performed by Jon Raybould (both flute parts): 0:00 Performance track 4:08 Organ backing track only