So what do you do if you’re a recently crowned Head of State and you’re already facing opposition—even from within your own family? One answer is optics. Make a big, public splash; throw a lavish ...

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and conductor Ton Koopman play the Water Music, Suite No. 2, by Handel.

Three Faces of Handel” will include music from Handel’s Messiah, Water Music and two anthems: “Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline” and “Foundling Hospital Anthem.” The LCPC Orchestra will perform ...

Let me tell you something about Handel’s Water Music, which you’ve likely heard at least in part, even if you don’t know it—probably the posh “Alla Hornpipe” movement from the second suite, the ...

In the summer of 1717 George Frideric Handel composed music to keep the King of England entertained on his boat trip down the River Thames. We now call that music Handel’s “Water Music,” and the ...

Ring in the new year with a festive program featuring Handel’s complete Water Music, select arias by Mozart, and a musical ...

Many of the bands from that time recorded here in this atmospheric space that exudes ­musical inspiration, from its sound-absorbing rosewood, teak and eucalypt timbered walls to the original, state-of ...

Frenchman Henri Casadesus wore several hats: composer, violist and skillful musical mimic. In 1924, Casadesus (1879-1947) unveiled what he claimed to be a long-missing work by George Frideric Handel ...

The KSO continues its 29th Summer Series in Devou and Tower Parks by stepping into the Time Tunnel and zapping back to 18th century England composer George Frideric Handel. Musicians won't be wearing ...

With its juxtaposition of Handel anthems and Black American spirituals, the program by conductor Anthony Trecek-King and countertenor Reginald Mobley asked audiences to sit back and reflect “That ...

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