The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861. It consists of a set of twenty-five variations and a concluding fugue, all based on a theme from George Frideric Handel's Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in B? major, HWV 434. This transcription by Graham Sheen for small wind ensemble is in its 2nd edition. Instrumentation: 2(2dPicc).2.2+BCl.2+CBsn: 3.0.0.0.