Talk:Organ concertos, Op. 4 (Handel)

Youtube links
I've commented out several Youtube links as it is not clear that they are free to use in accordance with WP:YOUTUBE -- they all seem to be based on commercial recordings which appear to be the subject of current copyright and/or performance rights. 213.48.162.4 (talk) 21:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Please wait for this to be clarified before commenting out. Mathsci (talk) 22:44, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Discussion of HWV 290 (under section 5.1: Characteristics: Concertos for biblical oratorios)
This paragraph includes the bizarre assertion that Handel and John Dryden were contemporaries, despite the fact that Dryden died in 1700 when Handel was only fifteen, some eleven years before his first arrival in England. Perhaps another writer was intended? I've not had the chance to check the work cited in relation to this, but it has either been badly mis-applied or else is simply wrong, and should be re-written. Callastian (talk) 19:42, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

In the paragraph 'Origins'
Hello, I enjoyed reading this article.

I was a little surprised by this paragraph:

'However, Bach's organs....were..... powerful instruments that could only dominate a baroque orchestra. .....The small English chamber organs at Handel's disposal, with a single keyboard and no pedals, produced a softer sound that could be properly integrated with a small orchestra, making possible a unique form of concerto close to chamber music.'

An organ, however large - even with 3/4 manuals and pedals - retains the capacity of playing softly, pianissimo even. I don't see how the instruments that Bach played on would have been incapable of playing Handel's organ concertos effectively. The only thing that perhaps works in favour of a small chamber organ is its potential to be more closely situated to the other performers.

Best wishes,

Ogibbons (talk) 20:18, 8 August 2017 (UTC)