Three Hundred Years of Water Music
The 2017 season of specially selected broadcasts from the 大象传媒 Proms opens with a celebration of one of Handel鈥檚 best-loved works
George Frideric Handel: Water Music 鈥� Suite No. 3 in G major
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Na茂s 鈥� Overture
Grace Williams: Sea Sketches 鈥� High Wind, Calm Sea in Summer
George Frideric Handel: Water Music 鈥� Suite No. 2 in D Major
Iain Farrington: A Ship Shape Shin-dig
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Handel's Water Music was first heard in public 300 years ago, performed by about 50 musicians squeezed into a barge on the river Thames. The music was such a success that it was repeated twice more that very night, and the Proms audience at this riverside concert given at the Stage@TheDock in Hull, the 2017 UK City of Culture, was equally appreciative.
To introduce the Prom 大象传媒 Radio 3's Clemency Burton-Hill is joined by Oxford University professor Suzanne Aspden whose work focuses on 18th Century music in Britain.
(Photo: The prom at the Stage@TheDock in Hull. Credit: Les Gibbon/大象传媒)
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Handel鈥檚 Water Music celebrated at the 大象传媒 Proms 2017
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music 聳 Suite No. 3 in G major
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. -
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Na茂s 聳 Overture
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. -
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Grace Williams
Sea Sketches 聳 High Wind, Calm Sea in Summer
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. -
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music 聳 Suite No. 2 in D Major
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. -
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Iain Farrington
A Ship Shape Shin-dig
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
Broadcasts
- Sat 29 Jul 2017 18:06GMT大象传媒 World Service except News Internet
- Sun 30 Jul 2017 11:06GMT大象传媒 World Service except News Internet