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Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
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Small Ensemble Cello, Double Bass, Trombone, Viola, Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1622663
Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by ed. Gregory Castleton arr. Peet du Toit. This edition: pdf. Baroque. 23 pages. Peet du Toit #1191403. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.1622663).Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. Part II covers the Passion in nine movements including the oratorio's longest movement, an air for alto He was despised, then mentions death, resurrection, ascension, and reflects the spreading of the Gospel and its rejection. The part is concluded by a scene called "God's Triumph" that culminates in the Hallelujah chorus.
Scene 6 shows the difficulties and rejection of the preaching, based on four consecutive verses from Psalm 2, Psalms 2:1–4. It is the first text in the oratorio actually referring to the Messiah, the "anointed one" (verse 2). "Why do the nations so furiously rage together: why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together: against the Lord, and His annointed."
An Air for bass in C major, accompanied by an orchestra in continuous motion, tells of the difficulties. "Why do the nations so furiously rage together". Several terms, such as "Rage", are expressed by long melismas in triplets. Handel originally wrote a long 96-bar version of this air, skipping the da capo repeat. In an alternate version, he removed the last 58 bars and replaced them with a recitative setting of the second verse of the scripture.
Here you have this wonderful work as a trombone solo with string accompaniment to enjoy.
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