List of Compositions By George Frideric Handel - Orchestral Works

Orchestral Works

HWV Type Key Composed Premiere Published Notes
302b Largo F major 1738-00-00circa 1738 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 Autograph headed "Suite de pieces" (presumably this was the opening movement)
336 Overture B-flat major 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 Autograph lost. Probably completed in Germany or Italy
337 Overture D major 1725-00-00circa 1722–1725 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 Probably intended as an introductory movement. Possibly intended to be coupled with the concerto grosso in D major Op. 3 No. 6 (HWV 317) as the adagio movement.
338 Adagio/Allegro B minor/D major 1722-00-001722 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 Originally, with the 1st movement of the Organ Concerto, Allegro in D minor (HWV 317), a 3-movement orchestral concerto. The 1st movement was used as the sinfonia in Ottone (HWV 15); and the theme of the last movement was reworked for the overture of Ottone
339 Sinfonia B-flat major 1707-00-00circa 1706–1707 0000-00-00 1979-00-001979 No autograph. First published in 1979 in the Halle Edition (IV/15) and is known only from a copy by Christopher Graupner (1683–1760). Probably completed in Hamburg or Italy
340 Allegro G major 1715-00-00?circa 1710–1715 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
341 Suite D major 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1733-00-001733 Almost certainly spurious
342 Overture F major 1736-00-00circa 1736 0000-00-00 0000-00-00
344 Chorus and Minuet B-flat major 1708-00-001708 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph. Apparently movements from the Hamburg opera Florindo (HWV 3) (See HWV 354)
345 March D major 1738-00-00before 1738 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
347 Sinfonia B-flat major 1747-00-00circa 1747 0000-00-00 0000-00-00
348 Suite. Water Music suite No. 1 F major 1717-00-001717 1717-07-1717 July 1717 1788-00-001788 Autograph lost. Performed for King George I on The Thames from a barge containing about 50 musicians. The King insisted on the performance being repeated more than once
349 Suite. Water Music suite No. 2 D major 1717-00-001717 1717-07-1717 July 1717 1788-00-001788 Autograph lost. Performed for King George I on The Thames from a barge containing about 50 musicians. The King insisted on the performance being repeated more than once
350 Suite. Water Music suite No. 3 G major 1717-00-001717 1717-07-1717 July 1717 1788-00-001788 Autograph lost. Performed for King George I on The Thames from a barge containing about 50 musicians. The King insisted on the performance being repeated more than once
351 Suite. Music for the Royal Fireworks D major 1749-00-001749 1749-04-2727 April 1749 0000-00-00 Composed for the celebration of Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) which brought to an end the War of Austrian succession. First performed in Green Park, London
352 Suite B-flat major 1706-00-001706 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
353 Suite G major 1706-00-001706 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
354 Suite B-flat major 1708-00-001708 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
355 Hornpipe aria C minor 1715-00-00?circa 1710–1715 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph
356 Hornpipe D major 1740-00-001740 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 No autograph. Composed for Vauxhall Gardens
413 Gigue B-flat major 1736-00-001736 0000-00-00 0000-00-00

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