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Handel's Water Music

Conductor Herve Niquet and the French orchestra Le Concert Spirituel perform Handel's Water Music suites and the Music for the Royal Fireworks.

A very special performance of Britain's best loved music for royal occasions - Handel's Water Music suites and the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Both works were originally performed outside - on the River Thames and in Green Park, and in this Jubilee year, conductor Herv茅 Niquet recreates the spectacular atmosphere of those occasions. He brings the huge forces of the remarkable French orchestra Le Concert Spirituel to London, with eighty players, including no less than 18 oboes, all playing specially made instruments that reproduce those used in Georgian England.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Aug 2012 00:00

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Role Contributor
Presenter Katie Derham
Director Simon Broughton

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