Concertos
Further information: Handel organ concertos Op.4 and Handel organ concertos Op.7| HWV | Instrument | Key | Composed | Premiere | Venue | Published | Opus | Notes |
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| 287 | Oboe | G minor | 1711-00-00?Hamburg ?c.1704–05 |
0000-00-00 | 1863-00-001863 | "Oboe concerto No. 3" | ||
| 288 | Violin | B-flat major | 1707-00-00Italy, circa 1707 | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | “Sonata a 5”. Possibly for
Corelli in Rome |
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| 289 | Organ | G minor | 1736-00-001735–36 | 1736-02-1919 February 1736 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 1 | First performed with "Alexander's Feast" (HWV 75) |
| 290 | Organ | B-flat major | 1735-00-001735 | 1735-03-055 March 1735 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 2 | First performed with the oratorio "Esther" (HWV 50b) |
| 291 | Organ | G minor | 1735-00-001735 | 1735-03-055 March 1735 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 3 | Variant versions of last movement. First performed with the oratorio "Esther" (HWV 50b) |
| 292 | Organ | F major | 1735-03-0025 March 1735 | 1735-04-011 April 1735 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 4 | Originally concluded with 'Alleluja' chorus (HG 20, p. 161), short instrumental ending probably written by Handel for Walsh publication. First performed with "Athalia" (HWV 52) |
| 293 | Organ | F major | 0000-00-00 | 1735-03-26?26 March 1735 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 5 | Performed with revival of "Deborah" (HWV 51). |
| 294 | Organ | B-flat major | 1736-00-001736 | 1736-02-1919 February 1736 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1738-00-001738 | Opus 4 No. 6 | Originally composed for the harp, but later rearranged for the organ |
| 295 | Organ | F major | 1739-04-022 April 1739 | 1739-04-044 April 1739 | London, King's Theatre, Haymarket | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 1 | Referred to as Organ Concerto "No. 13". The bird-song motives of the 2nd movement earned the concerto the nickname, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" |
| 296a | Organ | A major | 1739-00-001739 | 1739-03-2020 March 1739 | London, King's Theatre, Haymarket | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 2 | Referred to as organ concerto "No. 14" |
| 296b | Organ | A major | 1746-00-00circa 1743–46 | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | Pasticcio. Arranged by Handel | ||
| 297 | Organ | D minor | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 3 | Referred to as organ concerto "No. 15". Arranged from Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.10 (HWV 328). | |
| 298 | Organ | G major | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 4 | Referred to as organ concerto "No. 16". Arranged from Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1 (HWV 319). | |
| 299 | Organ | D major | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 5 | Referred to as organ concerto "No. 17". Arranged from Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.5 (HWV 323). | |
| 300 | Organ | G minor | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "2nd Set" No. 6 | Referred to as organ concerto "No. 18". Arranged from Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6 No.6 (HWV 324). | |
| 301 | Oboe | B-flat major | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "Oboe concerto No. 1" | ||
| 302a | Oboe | B-flat major | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | 1740-00-001740 | "Oboe concerto No. 2" | ||
| 303 | Organ | D minor | 1738-00-00circa 1738 | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | An adagio for two organs. Ending adapted by Handel to lead into another movement. Later published as the first movement of Organ Concerto in D minor, Op 7 No 4 (HWV 309) | ||
| 304 | Organ | D minor | 1746-00-00circa 1746 | 1746-02-14?14 February 1746 | 1797-00-001797 | Sometimes referred to as organ concerto "No. 15". First performed with the premiere of The Occasional Oratorio (HWV 62). | ||
| 305 | Organ | F major | 1748-00-00circa 1747–48 | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | Sometimes referred to as organ concerto "No. 16". Arranged by Handel from the Concerto a due cori in F major (HWV 334) (3 movements) and Marche in F. | ||
| 306 | Organ | B-flat major | 1740-02-1717 February 1740 | 1740-02-2727 February 1740 | London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre | 1761-00-001761 | Opus 7 No. 1 | First movement includes an independent pedal part |
| 307 | Organ | A major | 1743-02-055 February 1743 | 1743-02-1818 February 1743 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1761-00-001761 | Opus 7 No. 2 | Performed with the oratorio Samson (HWV 57) |
| 308 | Organ | B-flat major | 1751-01-041–4 January 1751 | 1751-03-011 March 1751 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1761-00-001761 | Opus 7 No. 3 | Two variant autographs of 1st movement. Handel's last orchestral work |
| 309 | Organ | D minor | 1744-00-00?circa 1744 | 1746-02-14?14 February 1746 | 1761-00-001761 | Opus 7 No. 4 | ?Performed with premiere of "The Occasional Oratorio" (HWV 62) | |
| 310 | Organ | G minor | 1750-01-3131 January 1750 | 1750-03-1616 March 1750 | London, Covent Garden Theatre | 1761-00-001761 | Opus 7 No. 5 | Performed with "Theodora" (HWV 68). Final gavotte in published version probably added later by Smith Jr. |
| 311 | Organ | B-flat major | 1749-00-00circa 1748–49 | 1761-00-001761 | 1749-00-001749 | Opus 7 No. 6 | Assembled by John Christopher Smith junior following Handel's death for John Walsh the younger's publication | |
| 343 | Organ | G major | 1739-00-00circa 1738–39 | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | Ritornello for Chaconne (HWV 435). Part of a fragmentary outline of an organ concerto |
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