Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate

Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate is a sacred choral works by George Frideric Handel, written for the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 allowed for the end of the Spanish War of Succession. Textual basis are the Te Deum and Jubilate one (Psalm 100) in English. The combination followed earlier models. The official premiere of the work took place on July 13, 1713 in a church service at St Paul 's Cathedral in London.

History

Handel's composition was written in 1713 to celebrate the Peace of Utrecht. It was his first job from the English royal family, which promoted his career in London. It was also his first major sacred work in English. Handel set to music two liturgical texts, the Ambrosian chant Te Deum, We praise thee, O God, and Psalm 100, O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands, an integral part of the Anglican Morning Prayer. Handel followed the example of Henry Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate with strings and trumpets ( 1694 ), the music was played even after the death of the composer regularly at official events at the Cathedral, and the composition of William Croft ( 1709). Handel's work was first heard at a public rehearsal on March 5, 1713 in St Paul's. The official premiere took place in a solemn thanksgiving service on 13 July 1713.

The Te Deum and Jubilate Handel wore an annual pension of a Queen Anne. He arranged the Jubilate 1717/18 for the Duke of Chandos. It was in St Paul's, alternately, on a regular basis for the annual Festival of the Sons of the Clergy listed with Purcell's work, until it was replaced in 1743 by Handel's Dettingen Te Deum.

The score of the Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate was first released in the 1730s. It was published by the German Handel Society in 1870 in Leipzig as HWV 278 and 279. Friedrich Chrysander gave it as Volume 31 of " GF Handel 's works: Output of the German Handel Society" under the title of Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate out, with German and English text. Chrysander mentioned in his preface an edition from 1731 by John Walsh: Te Deum and Jubilate, for Voices and Instruments Performed before the Sons of the Clergy at the Cathedral - Church of St. Paul. Compos'd by George Frederick Handel. London. Printed for & sold by John Walsh. Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate was published by Barenreiter in the Halle Handel Edition ( HHA ).

Scoring and structure

The work is festively decorated with six soloists, mixed choir, two trumpets, Flauto traverso, two oboes, bassoon, three violins, viola, cello and basso continuo. The choir is in most sets of five voices ( SSATB), but the final doxology begins in eight parts. Many sentences are set for soloists and choir, there are no arias. In practical performances of the soloists are often reduced to four.

Te Deum

Jubilate

Recordings

  • Friedensode - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne - Utrecht Te Deum, Dietrich Knothe, Berlin Sing- Akademie, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Inge Uibel, Gisela Pohl, Eberhard Buchner, Hans- Jurgen Wachsmeth, Eterna 1976
  • Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Utrecht Te Deum / Harnoncourt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Felicity Palmer, Marjana Lipovsek, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Ludwig Baumann, Teldec 1996
  • Handel: Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate, Christopher Hogwood, Decca 1998
  • Music for St Paul's, John Scott, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, Sophie Daneman, Julia Gooding, Robin Blaze, Rogers Covey - Crump, Mark Le Brocq, Andrew Dale Forbes, 1998 DISCID
  • Vivaldi: Gloria, trade Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, Simon Preston, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Carolyn Watkinson, Charles Brett, Rogers Covey - Crump, Paul Elliott, David Thomas, L ' Oiseau -Lyre
  • Treaty of Utrecht, Jos van Veldhoven, De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Nicki Kennedy, William Towers, tungsten Lattke, Julian Podger, Peter Harvey, Channel Classics 2010
War of the Spanish Succession John Walsh (printer) Unison Marjana Lipovšek Decca Records Peter Harvey (baritone)
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