Handel - Fireworks and more

An extravagant evening of Handel with a large band of strings, wind, natural horns, trumpets and drums - plus opera arias sung by Handel prima donna Anna Dennis, whose singing of Purcell at Stour in 2020 kept our Covid spirits alive. The Water Music was composed in 1717 at the request of the new King, George I, to have a concert on the Thames. The Fireworks are from 1749, and at the initial performance in Green Park, there was a three-hour traffic jam to get to the concert... Our bar will be open early.

Anna Dennis - soprano The Devine Music Steven Devine - conductor

Handel - Water Music (D & F major suites) Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks Shall the Sun forget to Shine (Solomon) In mezzo a voi due (Imeneo) Desteró dal empia dite (Amadigi) Ritorno o caro (Rodelinda) Sponsored by The Rothermere Foundation

Preceeded by Supper at 6:30pm. __For more information on how to book your meal, visit https://stourmusic.org.uk/food/.

Followed by a free fireworks display outside the marquee at 9:50 pm, and ‘A bar on the Piccolo Marina', a short cabaret of __Noël Coward, Cole Porter and more.

Molly Raine – voice Matthew King - piano

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