Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate

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Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel by Philip Mercier
St Paul's Cathedral , 18th century

Utrecht's Te Deum and Jubilate is a sacred choral work by George Frideric Handel , written for the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht , which made possible the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713 . The text is based on the Te Deum and an Jubilate Deo ( Psalm 100 ) in English. The combination followed earlier models. The official first performance of the work took place on July 13, 1713 in a service in St Paul's Cathedral in London.

history

Handel's composition was written to celebrate the Peace of Utrecht in 1713. It was his first commission from the English royal family, which promoted his career in London. It was also his first major sacred work in the English language. Handel set two liturgical texts to music, the Ambrosian chant Te Deum , We praise thee, O God , and Psalm 100, O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands , an integral part of the Anglican Morning Prayer. Handel followed the example of Henry Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate with strings and trumpets (1694), which was regularly played on official occasions in the cathedral even after the composer's death, and the composition by William Croft (1709). Handel's work was first heard in a public rehearsal on March 5, 1713 in St Paul's. The official first performance took place in a solemn thanksgiving service on July 13, 1713.

The Te Deum and Jubilate earned Handel an annual pension from Queen Anne . He arranged the Jubilate 1717/18 for the Duke of Chandos . It was performed regularly in St Pauls, alternating with Purcell's work, for the annual Festival of the Sons of the Clergy , until it was replaced by Handel's Dettinger Te Deum in 1743 .

The score of the Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate was first published in the 1730s. It was published by the Deutsche Handelgesellschaft in Leipzig in 1870 as HWV 278 and 279. Friedrich Chrysander published it as Volume 31 of "GF Handel's Works: Edition of the German Handel Society" under the title Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate , with German and English text. Chrysander mentions in his foreword a 1731 edition by John Walsh : Te Deum and Jubilate, for Voices and Instruments performed before the Sons of the Clergy at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul. Compos'd by George Frederick Handel. London. Printed for & sold by John Walsh . Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate was published by Bärenreiter in the Halle Handel Edition (HHA).

Occupation and structure

St Paul's Cathedral, interior facing east

The work has a festive cast with six soloists, mixed choir, two trumpets , flauto traverso , two oboes , bassoon , three violins , viola , cello and basso continuo . The chorus is five-part (SSATB) in most movements, but the final doxology begins with eight parts. Many movements are composed for solos and choir; there are no arias. In practical performances, the soloists are often reduced to four.

Te Deum

  1. We praise Thee, O God ( Adagio , SATB)
  2. To Thee all Angels cry aloud ( Largo e staccato , 2 alto, TB in unison )
  3. To Thee Cherubin and Seraphim ( Andante , 2 soprano, SSATB)
  4. The glorious Company of the Apostles ( Andante - Adagio - Allegro- adagio - Allegro , tenor, basso, two soprano, SSATB)
  5. When thou took'st upon thee to deliver man ( Adagio - allegro - adagio - Allegro , SSATB)
  6. We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge ( Largo , soprano, alto, tenor, basso, SATB)
  7. Day by day we magnify thee ( Allegro , double choir: SST AATB)
  8. And we worship your name (SSATB)
  9. Vouchsafe, O Lord ( Adagio , SSAATB)
  10. O Lord, in thee have I trusted ( Allegro , SSATB)

Jubilate

  1. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands (alto, SATB)
  2. Serve the Lord with gladness (SSATB)
  3. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God (duet: alto basso)
  4. O go your way into his gates (SATB)
  5. For the Lord is gracious (trio: 2 altos, basso)
  6. Glory be to the Father (SSAATTBB)
  7. As it was in the beginning (SSATB)

Recordings

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b HHA Kirchenmusik in handel-edition.de ( Memento from February 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c Handel and the English Chapel Royal  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 639 kB) Donald Burrows, 2003 (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oup.co.uk  
  3. ↑ a b c Music for St Paul's Peter Holman, 1998 (English)
  4. ↑ Music for St Paul’s John Sheppard, September 10, 2010, musicweb-international.com (English)
  5. ^ George Frederic Handel Te Deum HWV 278 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht, 1713); Jubilate HWV 279 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht); William Croft Ode for the Peace of Utrecht ("With Noise of Cannon") David Vernier, November 8, 2010, classicstoday.com (English)
  6. ↑ trade; Croft: Music for the Peace of Utrecht Tim Ashley, July 8, 2010, The Guardian (English)