Handel - "Water Music" Suite in F Major HWV348 (1)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

Orchestral suite for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, two trumpets, strings and basso continuo in F major HWV348 "Water Music"

[1.] Ouverture (Largo - Allegro)

[2.] Adagio e staccato

*The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often considered as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered in the summer of 1717 (July 17, 1717) when King George I requested a concert on the River Thames. The concert was performed by 50 musicians playing on a barge close to the royal barge from which the King listened with some close friends (including the Duchess of of Bolton, the Duchess of Newcastle, the Countess of Godolphin, Madam Kilmarnock, and the Earl of Orkney). George I was said to have loved it so much that he ordered the exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip.

The music in each of the suites has no set order today. When the suite was played for the King, slow, often soft music was played when the King's boat and the orchestra's boat were close together, while louder, brisk passages were played when the boats drifted apart.

This performance follows Samuel Arnold's first edition of the complete score in 1788 and the manuscript copies dating from Handel's lifetime. Therefore, the Suite in D and the Suite in G are mixed together.

Performed by The King's Consort
Conducted by Robert King

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• vivaldi
• bach
• handel
• mozart
• messiah
• piano
• harpsichord
• royal
• fireworks
• zadok
• priest
• classical
• pachelbel
• canon
• baroque

[casfighter34]

@MichaelHundige Maybe I'm mistaking. I read it somewhere.

[MichaelHundige]

@casfighter34 Are you sure? I thought Händel was born in Germany, but lived in England. All sources say so.

[raffaellatrr]

il tempo...il tempo!!!

[raffaellatrr]

troppo veloce

[casfighter34]

@TianneRules He lived in France...

[Gatoradecup]

@TianneRules obviously you idiot

[Harmonieuniverselle]

Yes indeed. :)

[TianneRules]

The opening is a French Overture.

[Harmonieuniverselle]

There is some French odor in the begining :)

[vampyreslayer007]

I enjoyed this recording, and I admire your work in organizing these recordings.