Water Music
Handel also wrote hundreds of instrumental works. The most famous of these is the orchestral suite known as Water Music.
The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often considered as three suites. It premiered in the summer on July 17, 1717 when King George I requested a concert on the River Thames. The concert was performed by 50 musicians playing on a barge close to the royal barge from which the King listened with some close friends. George I was said to have loved it so much that he ordered the exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip.
Handel died 250 years ago, but his music is as popular today as it was during his lifetime. Unlike many composers of classical music, he was a highly respected and internationally renowned composer during his lifetime – in other words, a star.
Editor: Liu Fang
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