Handel: Chandos Anthem no. 5, "I Will Magnify Thee". The Sixteen, Christophers

G. F. Handel, Chandos Anthem No.5 in A, "I Will Magnify Thee, O God", HWV 250c.
Lynne Dawson - soprano, Patrizia Kwella - soprano, James Bowman - countertenor, Ian Partridge - tenor, Michael George - bass. The Sixteen, on period instruments, directed by Harry Christophers.
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[@deadcuddles]

people complain about Handel borrowing from other music a lot. No one is original in their source material. It is what you do with it that counts, AND HANDEL DOES VERY WELL WITH IT. Love this anthem

[@simongardiner949]

Handel was a very commercial composer - making and loosing several fortunes at the Haymarket. BUT, I believe he was actually inspired by the Holy Spirit when writing the 'Messiah' - in these arias God speaks directly to us. Perhaps he should have signed the score "copied down by G.F. Handel"! This, his finest work, was GIVEN to the Foundling Hospital.

[@DaveO1310]

13:33 y lo que sigue-- bellisimo

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

❤

[@Renee2004lr]

scoobi doo: Handel did borrow from his own works and from many other composers in his later works. However I could not detect any specific piece from this work that went into the Messiah. His most blatant use of this was in "Israel in Egypt."

[@shnimmuc]

What he (Handel) borrowed he turned into gems. Like Bach, he used his own music over many times. . The choruses, He shall Purify, For unto us, and His yoke were Italian duets by himself that he reworked from duets to full choruses. Many of the Bach cantatas utilize not only his own works but others such as Vivaldi. And don`t forget, Bach never wrote an original chorale, they were tunes of the peoples. . I find no disgrace in what either of these Apex composers did. Be thankful they lived and and gave such beauty to the world.

[@shnimmuc]

All Baroque borrowed.

[@Musica-xo3uv]

And? The great classical composers reused their own ideas and also those of other composers to create totally different new works. They sent correspondence among themselves and shared their own scores. It was totally common during that time.

[@jsbrules]

@@shnimmuc You are generally right but Bach never borrowed a single work of Vivaldi’s (nor any other composer actually, i believe) for any cantata movement (and when he did an arrangement of another composer’s work for organ or ensemble, he gave explicit acknowledgement)

[@scoobidoo9112]

sounds like the messiah