Händel Passacaglia

[martin_s]

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...

[nilsjohan]

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?

[dnephi]

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

[kitty on the keys]

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.


Kitty