Southern Music Company Overture to the Oratorio Samson - Handel/Clark - String Orchestra - Gr. 3.5

Author/Composer:

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC

Instrumentation:

STRING ORCH

Genre:

CLASSICAL

Grade/Level:

MEDIUM-ADVANCED

Model #:

368115

Composer: George Frideric Handel
Arranger: Phillip Clark
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: String Orchestra
Level: 3.5

In the key of G Major, the work begins with a Moderato where dotted rhythms are abundant. A brief Adagio intervenes and we continue with a slightly fugal, crisply rhythmic Allegro, with 16th note passage work for the upper strings. After another brief Adagio, Handel finishes with a lyric Minuet. All sections are active throughout.

This Overture is a wonderful introduction to the Baroque period and the bowing and ornamental styles that go with it.