Water Works: A Present-Day Salute to GF Handel
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Label: Etcetera
Cat No: KTC1661
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 11th October 2019
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Syrene Saxophone QuartetAbout
After the success of their debut CD “Fresh, Sweet & Sturdy” in 2016, the women of the Syrène Saxophone Quartet dive into the deep again and come up with an ode to a composer they love, George Frideric Handel.
On 17 July 1717, hundreds of boats overflowing with spectators filled the River Thames to see the celebratory boat cruise for King George I of Great Britain up close. For the occasion, George Frideric Handel composed his Water Music suites performed by fifty musicians also seated on a boat. They were even called upon by the euphoric king to repeat the work three times that evening.
It would take almost 125 years for the Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax to enrich the current set of instruments with his family of saxophones and thus lay the foundation for contemporary performance practice where saxophones can no longer be ignored.
It is therefore not surprising that Syrène Saxophone Quartet – now more than experienced in the performance of string pieces (Haydn - String Quartet op.20 no.1) and even transforming a complete symphonic work into four-part, richly-orchestrated chamber music (Gershwin - An American in Paris) – has now taken a completely new approach to Handel’s famous work Water Music. Armed with modern instruments, the Syrènes enter into a watertight partnership with Handel. In his suites Handel uses French and English dances, including folk dances such as the hornpipe and the more stately court menuet.
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