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Topic: New video Handel Courante Suite n 1 in A Major, HWV 426

Dear Friends,

My "excursion" into Handel's Great Suites 1720 continues, today I propose the Courante of Suite n. 1 HWV 426.
Courante literally means "running", and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as described by Thoinot Arbeau. But the courante commonly used in the baroque period was described by Johann Mattheson in Der vollkommene Capellmeister (Hamburg, 1739) as "chiefly characterized by the passion or mood of sweet expectation. For there is something heartfelt, something longing and also gratifying, in this melody: clearly music on which hopes are built."

Remarkable harmonic richness is particularly evident in this syncopated Courante, observing it carefully one notices that it is based on the aria "Nehmt mich mit, verzagte Scharen" by Handel
Brocke's Passion, about 1715/16.

I hope you'll like it!

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/Z5n2tbcd6Lg

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Re: New video Handel Courante Suite n 1 in A Major, HWV 426

carmelo.paolucci wrote:

Dear Friends,

My "excursion" into Handel's Great Suites 1720 continues, today I propose the Courante of Suite n. 1 HWV 426.
Courante literally means "running", and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as described by Thoinot Arbeau. But the courante commonly used in the baroque period was described by Johann Mattheson in Der vollkommene Capellmeister (Hamburg, 1739) as "chiefly characterized by the passion or mood of sweet expectation. For there is something heartfelt, something longing and also gratifying, in this melody: clearly music on which hopes are built."

Remarkable harmonic richness is particularly evident in this syncopated Courante, observing it carefully one notices that it is based on the aria "Nehmt mich mit, verzagte Scharen" by Handel
Brocke's Passion, about 1715/16.

I hope you'll like it!

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/Z5n2tbcd6Lg


Yes, I like it!

I would like to say that....Another facet of the  music enthusiast Carmelo, sublime playing of Handel on a ”modern grand piano” - Pianoteq!
You reveals the inner essence of the music, with a timeless insight. You expounds the musical material with deep reverence. I can see it when looking at you playing, I can feel it. I think I said it before, it is clear you love Händel and Bach.
What more can I ask for?
Thank you carmelo.

btw who taught you to play and how old were you then. I think you had a good teacher....(asking because my teacher told me that I will never be a pianist, it took a while to get over it, didn't play for some years...)   Now I play   

Best wishes,

Stig

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beautiful job!  i love Handel as well as Bach and it's great to hear his work here too.  i certainly hope to hear more!

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Re: New video Handel Courante Suite n 1 in A Major, HWV 426

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:
carmelo.paolucci wrote:

Dear Friends,

My "excursion" into Handel's Great Suites 1720 continues, today I propose the Courante of Suite n. 1 HWV 426.
Courante literally means "running", and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as described by Thoinot Arbeau. But the courante commonly used in the baroque period was described by Johann Mattheson in Der vollkommene Capellmeister (Hamburg, 1739) as "chiefly characterized by the passion or mood of sweet expectation. For there is something heartfelt, something longing and also gratifying, in this melody: clearly music on which hopes are built."

Remarkable harmonic richness is particularly evident in this syncopated Courante, observing it carefully one notices that it is based on the aria "Nehmt mich mit, verzagte Scharen" by Handel
Brocke's Passion, about 1715/16.

I hope you'll like it!

My actual setting is:

Played on Yamaha P125 piano stage                                          Video Recording Samsung Galaxy A54.
VST: Hamburg Steinway D Pianoteq Stage 8.4.0

https://youtu.be/Z5n2tbcd6Lg


Yes, I like it!

I would like to say that....Another facet of the  music enthusiast Carmelo, sublime playing of Handel on a ”modern grand piano” - Pianoteq!
You reveals the inner essence of the music, with a timeless insight. You expounds the musical material with deep reverence. I can see it when looking at you playing, I can feel it. I think I said it before, it is clear you love Händel and Bach.
What more can I ask for?
Thank you carmelo.

btw who taught you to play and how old were you then. I think you had a good teacher....(asking because my teacher told me that I will never be a pianist, it took a while to get over it, didn't play for some years...)   Now I play   

Best wishes,

Stig

Thank you very much for your comment Stig!
You're really right, Handel's music is a continuous discovery that is as satisfying to play as Bach's.
I started playing at 7 years old and my first teacher was my uncle (an amateur pianist) who immediately after two lessons told my parents that they had to get a real teacher because I was very passionate about the piano. I was lucky: my parents, making sacrifices, got one of the best teachers from the Rome Conservatory... And from there I started, with a lot of technique but a great desire to do... He taught me how to study a piece: initially without the piano, then with the piano and how to interpret it.
Today, after many years, I continue to use his way to approach a new piece.
I was lucky.
Greetings from Italy
Carmelo

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Re: New video Handel Courante Suite n 1 in A Major, HWV 426

budo wrote:

beautiful job!  i love Handel as well as Bach and it's great to hear his work here too.  i certainly hope to hear more!

Thank you very much for your comment Budo!
I'm really happy that you liked my video, Handel's music like Bach's is truly wonderful, and it's a real pleasure to play it.

Greetings from Italy

Carmelo