Friday Night Organ–turn that frown around!

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Tonight we go back to basics—nothing composed before 1760 and we also have a puzzle question to work on just for fun. There is a composer who had a number of students who studied under him. These students went on to great fame. SO who is the composer? Tonight we will feature the FIRST of his students. (Next week will be another student.

George Frederick Handel 1685- 1759) was a German baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

Born the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah remaining steadfastly popular. One of his four Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest (1727), composed for the coronation of George II, has been performed at every subsequent British coronation, traditionally during the sovereign’s anointing. Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years. Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honors, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.

Among Handel’s most memorable compositions are the organ concertos and YES everyone has heard #13 the Cuckoo & Nightingale; I prefer to offer works seldom preformed or heard so tonight we have concerto #7 in B flat:andante, allegro, largo, adagio, allegro performed by the Münchener Bach Orchester and the GREAT Karl Richter, Orgel

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

For those who really like this here are six more concertos: (and they are awesome)

[GregB0Participant]

Wikipedia says the answer is: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Good guess GregBo but NO Zachow was his teacher in Halle but Not the teacher of the other two guys. And just to save time it is not Johann Reincken either so that narrows the field.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

PistolPete wrote:

nothing composed before 1760

LOL.

PistolPete wrote:

There is a composer who had a number of students who studied under him. These students went on to great fame. SO who is the composer?

I don’t stand a chance on this one! If Greg can’t get it then I’m toast…..

Anyway, I like how this guy conducts the sting section while playing. Great talent.

Thanks Pistol Pete.

[GregB0Participant]

The organ is awesome, how would you rank it among others world wide? Top 10, Top 20?

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Easily in the top ten, I don’t know who made it—its clearly NOT a von Beckerath, a Marcusson, or Klias It might be a Riger.

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