Handel's Water Music, recreating a royal spectacular

[periodinstrumentfan]

Parts of the BBC documentary (also available on opus arte dvd) of a recreation of Handel's Water Music with The English Concert led by Andrew Manze on the Violin

Part II
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BEhQciTy0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BEhQciTy0[/ame]

Part VII Alla Hornpipe
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2xMdhp9T8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2xMdhp9T8[/ame]

Part I (musicians, historians, acoustic experts etc. express their interests in the project)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271zf6ydFXE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271zf6ydFXE[/ame]

thanks to OC

[periodinstrumentfan]

i took the trouble of becoming a "friend of the English Concert" when Mr. Manze was director and leader of TEC... although there were no immediate and direct advantage for me...

Now that he's no longer director i've decided to discontinue membership. Also, i think it's more an inconvenience for their part to send invites via snail mail to my address ... i think they spent more on sending those mails ... and gained nothing from what i paid for the 1 year membership. :-s

[periodinstrumentfan]

One of the English Concert's Horn Players expresses his "longing for a wig for years" ... looks like fun to dress up and play ... like in Japanese Cosplay !!!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU08Jw3m6Hs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU08Jw3m6Hs[/ame]