This book on Handel's Messiah reflects Helmuth Rilling's remarkable skills, both as a conductor and as an educator. It is literally a 'study-guide' for conductors and performers which shows the step-by-step thought process Rilling uses in preparing a score - a methodology which can be applied to any work. More importantly, Rilling challenges the reader to probe Handel's thinking - to consider ways of more effectively communicating the deeper layers of meaning found within this masterwork. (H. Royce Saltzman, Executive Director Emeritus, Oregon Bach Festival)
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Helmuth Rilling
| 1933
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Georg Friedrich Händel
| 1685-1759George Frideric Handel put his exceptionally versatile compositional abilities to the test at an early age. After moving to London in 1712, where he was appointed Composer of Musick for His Majesty’s Chapel Royal in 1723, he wrote numerous masterpieces for the royal court as well as his major opere serie. For many years he enjoyed triumphant successes with his operas, which were sung by outstanding performers, with serenades, and later also with oratorios such as Saul and Israel in Egypt. Over the years Handel’s reputation grew far beyond the city where he worked; some of his choral works, particularly Messiah, have enjoyed a performance tradition which remains unbroken to this day, and are sung by choirs throughout the world. Personal details
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Rilling gibt...eine angenehm knappe Einleitung zur Geschichte des Werkes, um dann sofort...jede einzelne Nummer bis hin zum kleinsten Rezitativ zu kommentieren.
Musik & Kirche, 9/10. 2016
Die klare Struktur der Analyse erleichtert den Zugang zum Werk und macht das Buch lesens- und empfehlenswert.
ekz.bibliotheksservice 2016/36
Als Studienführer [...] macht es Rillings eigenen Arbeitsprozess bei der Aneignung von Händels [...] «Messiah» erlebbar: eine Methode, die sich auf jedes andere musikalische Werk übertragen lässt.
musik & liturgie, Mai 2016
[Rilling] macht Anmerkungen zu Struktur, Tempo, Ornamentierung, Dynamik und Artikulation. ein Buch, das für Dirigenten Pflichtlektüre sein sollte...
Musica Sacra 11/12.2015
Jede einzelne Nummer des Oratoriums wird dabei unter sieben Aspekten näher beleuchtet: musikalische Struktur, Besetzung, Tempo, Dynamik, Artikulation, Verzierungen und Bedeutung im Gesamtkontext.
Chorzeit 05/2015
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