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martin_s

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Händel Passacaglia

on: March 14, 2002, 07:33:25 PM

Have anyone heard the superb Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and viola?? I wonder if there is a piano version of this somewhere out there...

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nilsjohan

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Re: Händel Passacaglia

Reply #1 on: March 15, 2002, 02:46:21 AM

I think the original actually is from one of Handel's keyboard suites (one in g minor?) but I have never heard it played on the piano. It is really a great piece for strings and is also often played on violin and cello.
Do you have plans to play it? Why not do a piano transcription of the Halvorsen arrangement?

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dnephi

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Re: Händel Passacaglia

Reply #2 on: September 06, 2006, 02:32:57 PM

For a festival I had to sightread part of the Handel Passacaglia. I know it exists in original form for keyboard solo.

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kitty on the keys

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Re: Händel Passacaglia

Reply #3 on: September 07, 2006, 12:14:49 AM

The pieceis in many repertoire books. I have taught it many times. various challenges of piano tecnique is covered----scales, chords, leaps, rotation, octaves, double notes--it's all there. and a good piece of music too.

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