Handel: Handel's Water Music - Recreating a Royal Spectacular - DVD

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Handel: Handel's Water Music - Recreating a Royal Spectacular (OA0930D) (2005)<br /> <br /> English Concert; Andrew Manze<br /> <br /> The renowned London biographer Peter Ackroyd narrates<br /> the ambitious attempt of a team of historical experts to<br /> discover the remarkable story behind the 1717 premiere<br /> of Handel’s Water Music on the Thames. The result is the<br /> second-ever performance on the river, filmed in costume<br /> on a regal-style period barge against the backdrop of the<br /> present-day Thames from Whitehall to Chelsea. It includes performances by The English Concert of favourite movements from the F major and D major Suites.<br /> <br /> "...a fine combination of documentary with top-class music-making." (BBC Music Magazine)