Minuet from HWV 434 — Dorukhan Ersin

During a music history class at the conservatory our instructor encouraged us to listen in particular to a Minuet by Handel as performed by İdil Biret Although the class was focus on Romantic period of the music I initially struggled to understand why a work by a Baroque composer had been singled out Yet upon listening to the piece I came to understand my instructor s intention and was reminded of Vladimir Horowitz s oft quoted remark Every composer is a Romantic Biret s performance deeply moved me and sparked a desire to perform the piece on guitar I found the score but the version she played in her concerts was based on her teacher Wilhelm Kempff s version Although the score I had was the original version to remain faithful to the composer s notation I have preferred to arrange the piece for two guitars instead of solo guitar

During a music history class at the conservatory our instructor encouraged us to listen in particular to a Minuet by Handel as performed by İdil Biret Although the class was focus on Romantic period of the music I initially struggled to understand why a work by a Baroque composer had been singled out Yet upon listening to the piece I came to understand my instructor s intention and was reminded of Vladimir Horowitz s oft quoted remark Every composer is a Romantic Biret s performance deeply moved me and sparked a desire to perform the piece on guitar I found the score but the version she played in her concerts was based on her teacher Wilhelm Kempff s version Although the score I had was the original version to remain faithful to the composer s notation I have preferred to arrange the piece for two guitars instead of solo guitar