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Handel's Water Music
Telemann was employed by the hanseatic port of Hamburg to provide music for major civic occasions. The city depended on sea-born trade for its wealth and even possessed a fleet for its own protection. In 1723 Telemann composed his Suite in C to mark the Centenary of Hamburg’s Admiralty and, like Handel, he captures brilliantly the sense of grand occasion by evoking real and mythological maritime characters, as well as conjuring up images of ebbing tides, flowing rivers and boats on the water. Handel’s famous and uplifting Water Music suites were first played on the River Thames in 1717 as part of a pageant for his compatriot King George I.
They have proven immensely popular to this day, as illustrated by the success of the 2012 river pageant for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
‘Telemann the tone-painter is here at his most inventive and playful…Pickett elicits vivid and delightful performances…’ BBC Music Magazine
Associate Artists of The Bridgewater Hall.
Part of The Bridgewater Hall's International Concert Series.
Sponsored by Manchester Airport.
