George Fr. Handel - Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a (c. 1724)

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born Georg Friedrich Händel 23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

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Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a (c. 1724)
Not published by Schirmer, nor Chrysander and Walsh.

I. Grave (0:00)
II. Allegro (2:11)
III. Adagio (4:03)
IV. Allegro (5:05)

Andrew Manze, violin and Richard Egarr, harpsichord

The instruments used:
Violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782
Bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986
Harpsichord by John Phillips, 1993, after Nicolas Dumont, 1707
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
Temperament: French ordinaire, early eighteenth century

The Violin sonata in D minor (HWV 359a) was composed (c. 1724) by George Frideric Handel, for violin and keyboard (harpsichord). The work is also referred to as HHA iv/18,10. (There is no HG designation for the work.)

The work is headed "Sonata 2", and follows the G minor sonata in the Fitzwilliam Museum autograph. The sonata (for violin) was not one of the ones published by either Walsh or Chrysander; however, it was reworked as a flute sonata in E minor (HWV 359b) in both their publications.