A royal court, a floating orchestra and a pyrotechnic display so dazzling that it brought London to a standstill. In early Georgian England, George Frideric Handel was the grand master of sonic pageantry, and his Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks are the sound of pure celebration: as fresh, as stirring and as gloriously tuneful now as they were three centuries ago.
But if you want to hear how Handel would actually have sounded back then: well, let’s just say that no period-instrument orchestra has more of a history with these scores than the Academy of Ancient Music. Five decades ago, the AAM redefined the way we listen to Handel. Today, AAM will light up the sky all over again, in four free drop-in performances at London's Guildhall.
Read more on the Open House Festival website.
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351
Water Music HWV348–350
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