Concerto a Quadro for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello

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This previously unpublished Concerto a quadro presumably started life as a concerto for the standard Baroque forces of flute, strings and continuo. Not preserved in its original form, it survives in a version for flute, violin, viola and cello in a set of manuscript parts apparently copied by an amateur musician in Sweden and now part of Christopher Hogwood’s collection. Though unlikely to be Handel’s own work, as a rare early example of music for flute quartet it is an attractive extension to a repertoire otherwise dominated by the works of Mozart and his contemporaries. In the present publication, editorial figuring in the cello part allows for the possibility of expanding the texture with additional continuo instruments.

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Flute
• Part 2: Violin
• Part 3: Viola
• Part 4: Cello