"... the finest Symphonies, compos’d express for this Occasion, by Mr. Hendel; which his Majesty liked so well, that he caus’d it to be plaid over three times in going and returning"
- The Daily Courant enthuses about Handel's Water Music at its premiere on the River Thames in 1717.
Read the rest at The Academy of Ancient Music.
Listen to the Academy's performance of the Allegro from Water Music's first suite
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