Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (Concert Version)

Handel's Judas Maccabaeus is a standard of the oratorio repertoire, however often requires significant cuts in order to work in a modern concert setting. In 1909, Frank Van der Stucken released a concert version with significant cuts to make a concertized performance easy to perform. Unfortunately, this version was only made available in a choral version with piano accompaniment. This new realization uses Handel's orchestration as a basis to build an orchestral accompaniment to the oratorio.