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Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Handel’s Water Music
Where
City Recital Hall
City Recital Hall2-12 Angel Place, Sydney NSW 2000When
Thursday 27 June from 7pm to 9pm
Handel’s Water Music was an 18th-century show stopper.
Commissioned by King George I for a concert on the Thames, all of London turned out to see Handel and his orchestra floating up and down the river on a barge, playing this exciting, lavish music. It’s a foot-tapping party on and off stage, and was such a hit the King demanded an immediate encore!
Pisendel’s Imitation des caractères de la danse is pure Baroque elegance. In just a few short minutes it captures the spirit of different courtly dances and all their refined elegance.
This is a rare chance to hear our musicians shine in a smaller orchestra, with each virtuosic line ringing out into the City Recital Hall.