Handel – The complete 16 concertos for organ solo

Hi all,

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of my arrangements for solo organ with or without pedal of the complete Handel concertos, in its 2nd edition, revised and corrected. The 1st edition dated from 2007. You can read more details on the subject at the following address: https://www.lucdupuis.org/en/handel.

Cordially,

Hereunder the covers.

And here a little video:
https://youtu.be/Qq94fQVNBOQ

Thank you for your Christmas gift preview, Luc. The Marcussen in the Laurenskerk was a nice choice. I enjoyed it.

Thanks a lot for your encouragement!

Extract from a review in the RCCO magazine (Royal Canadian College of Organists):

The greatest virtue of Dupuis's edition is the quality of his newly added material, which in the later concertos amounts to a series of original compositions in Handel's style (most extensively in the op. 7, no. 3 concerto with its rubric
Adagio e fuga ad libitum). The newly composed movements are idiomatic in style and musically interesting, presumably the result of the editor's long experience as a harmony and counterpoint teacher. Organists might find these ad libitum movements useful additions to the repertoire in their own right, and some could be used liturgically along with the pieces found in collections like Old English Organ Music for Manuals. (Aaron James)

http://www.lucdupuis.org/en/handel

A New Review in the Prestigious AGO Magazine

Luc Dupuis’s newly revised and corrected edition of the latter concertos by G.F. Handel is an elegant arrangement of these chamber works for organ solo. Previous versions for organ solo have involved extensive manual and pedal playing throughout. Dupuis is to be commended for this arrangement for manuals only, which allows performance on smaller chamber organs more in keeping with the style of Handel. The orchestral writing has been judiciously reduced for performance at the keyboard, and the score clearly marks passages for orchestra and solo so that the performer can delineate these as they wish. Where necessary, Dupuis has included ossia to better facilitate performance on a single-manual instrument, where a change in registration may be necessary for such delineation. The engraving is comfortable to read, and the spiral-bound landscape score allows for infrequent and easy page-turns. This edition will breathe new life into this repertoire by greatly expanding its versatility.

Jordan Prescott, The American Organist