Lesson 78: Handel Sonata in A minor, HWV 362 — Adagio and final Allegro
Play the complete Adagio and final Allegro.
Play all four movements with a clear change of pace at each new movement.
Give each movement its own pace, and each cadence its time.
The seventeen-bar Adagio writes out its quick decorations and marks a pause near the end. Practise its closing phrase first, keeping trills inside the beat. Then learn each section of the final Allegro before joining the sonata.
This setting reads E minor, a fourth below Handel’s original A minor.
Your alto staff restores Handel’s original A minor and register.
Play: Handel, HWV 362 — III. Adagio
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The Adagio ends on B, leaving the phrase open; let the final Allegro answer in E minor.
The Adagio ends on E, leaving the phrase open; let the final Allegro answer in A minor.
IV. Allegro
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