- Oboe Concerto No. 2 (Handel)
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The Oboe Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (HWV 302a) was composed by George Frideric Handel for oboe, orchestra and basso continuo. The work is also referred to as Concerto grosso no. 9[citation needed]. It was first published in the fourth volume of Select Harmony by Walsh in 1740. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxi,91; and HHA iv/12,47.[1]
The concerto borrows extensively from the overtures to the Chandos anthems O come, let us sing unto the Lord (HWV 249b) and I will magnify thee (HWV 250a)—which were combined and transposed for the work. It has been suggested that the work was arranged by Handel for the Dutch oboist Jean Christian Kytch.
A typical performance of the work takes almost nine minutes.
Movements
The work consists of four movements:
Movement Type Notes 1 Vivace 2 Allegro A fugue. 3 Andante 4 Allegro In triple time. See also
References
- ^ Anthony Hicks. "Handel, George Frideric", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001), x, 797.
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