“Unexpected” is the key word here, these three cadenzas connect the movements of Handel’s recorder sonata in F major, HWV369. The composer has stepped outside the box and created modern-sounding passages packed with rhythmic and chromatic interest, which he appropriately marks “challenging”. If you are playing the sonata with a continuo team, prepare them in advance that a completely different character is going to emerge, but keep the audience guessing to maximize the element of surprise. TECHNICAL NOTE: the half-step trill between upper C and D-flat at the end of the third cadenza can be achieved by playing D-flat as normal (Ø12-|4--) and trill on finger 6 (Ø12-|4-6) while regulating the breath to keep the C pitch in tune and prevent it from cracking. It is fragile!