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A journey to Handel's Water Music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Handel鈥檚 Water Music, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around the Suite in D major from Handel鈥檚 Water Music, sailing down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Hornpipes to Haydn Symphonies via Hahn and Billie Holiday, Sara charts a musical journey towards Handel鈥檚 suite of dances, written for a party on a royal barge on the River Thames.

Producer: David Fay

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Jun 2024 13:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite no.2 in D major HWV.349 (Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wassermusik in C Major, TWV 55 i) Ouverture

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernadini.
    • Arcana.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy: Night in Granada: Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon.
    • Cala.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia: 2. La barcheta

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Pi猫tro Buratti.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Helios.
    • 14.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate - Overture

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dan Godfrey - Encores.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 4.

  • Johnny Green

    I Cover the Waterfront

    Composer: Edward Heyman. Singer: Billie Holiday.
    • Greatest Hits.
    • Classical Masters.
    • 39.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Academy of Ancient Music/Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Hugh Aston

    Hornpype

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Music From The Royal Court.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    Carrick Hornpipe

    Performer: Kathryn Tickell.
    • Northumbrian Voices (Live Version).
    • Not Them Again Music.
    • 18.

  • Henry Wood

    Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe from Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • HMV Classics.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Mighty River

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Andrew Morley.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live).
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • Ira Schuster

    London Bridge Is Falling Down

    Composer: Abel Baer. Composer: Tot Seymour. Ensemble: Count Basie and His Orchestra.
    • Count Basie 1938-39.
    • Documents.
    • 12.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Maconchy: Serenata Concertante; Symphony for Double String Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Joshua Bowker

    Barge Ballad

    Ensemble: The Longest Johns.
    • Independent.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 2 in D major, HWV349

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Jun 2024 13:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3