Handel Water Music at 300 celebration; Grace Evangeline Mason
Front Row broadcasts from the Thames to celebrate 300 years since Handel first performed Water Music, with the world premiere of a piece commissioned specially for the occasion.
Front Row comes live from a boat on the Thames, celebrating 300 years to the hour since Handel first performed his Water Music for King George I.
Bridget Cunningham and the London Early Opera baroque orchestra perform highlights from Handel's Water Music.
Front Row has commissioned a new piece specially for the occasion by Grace Evangeline Mason, a former winner of the 麻豆社 Proms Inspire young composer competition, called River.
With music historian and director of the Barbican, Nicholas Kenyon. And Chris Livett, the latest in a long line of Thames Waterman, who holds the title of Queen's Waterman.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman & Timothy Prosser.
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Handel's Water Music
Duration: 10:46
Grace Evangeline Mason
Duration: 07:51
Chris Livett
Duration: 03:55
Leo Villareal
Duration: 06:14
Bouree from Handel's Water Music
London Early Opera
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Main image above: John Wilson with River composer Grace Evangeline Mason on the Erasmus boat on the Thames by Tower Bridge.
Image to the left: The听听 during rehearsals on the boat, with Grace Evangeline Mason, John Wilson and the LEO conductor Bridget Cunningham standing at the rear.
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Sir Nicholas Kenyon
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Image: Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Director of
Grace Evangeline Mason
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Image: , the composer of River, the tone poem commissioned by the 麻豆社 to mark the 300th anniversary of Handel's Water Music.
Image credit: Roscoe/Rutter
Credits
Role Contributor Musician Bridget Cunningham Interviewed Guest Nicholas Kenyon Interviewed Guest Chris Livett Presenter John Wilson Producer Edwina Pitman Producer Timothy Prosser Broadcast
- Mon 17 Jul 2017 19:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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