As a player in this group I am very grateful for so much appreciation. It is an honour and a joy to be allowed to play this wonderful music with this amazing orchestra and to have friends that play in such a wonderful way.
Bro, you are so lucky, i do play myself in a barroque ensemble too, people tend to forget how versatile and free this music was, theres not "totally correct interpretation" of this music, but i would say you guys were close to the spirit of this music!
This is a really...,really nice version of this great classical/baroque piece!After listening,now I better understand the story behind this "musick"...,that it was repeated as an encore after the first performance for the King
Bonsoir, Quelle interprétation !!! Tout y est, tout est juste. Rythme, profondeur, légèreté, force, contraste. Juste magique, vous faites honneur au grand Haendel. Merci.
My love for classical music really took hold when I was in my early and mid 20s in the military, and I just couldn't get enough of it. And Handel's "Water Music" was a huge part of fostering that love which continues to this very day. I'm now 85 and my life has been enriched by classical music, symphony concerts, opera and operetta, musical comedy, etc. I could go on and on. I have sung in many opera and operetta choruses , was a choral singer for 31 years, and a church choir singer from my teens until just a few years ago. As I'm listening to and watching this terrific rendition, I am going through the memories of all the music I've listened to, watched, and been a part of myself... What a blessing!
Hopefully all well with you! Had a day of classical music TG nice & relaxing.😊 Found this on RUclips it's worth listening to. Yippee! Take care & stay safe. ruclips.net/video/1TJvJXyWDYw/видео.html
Same for me! I thought I hated "Classical Music" until I was 25 yrs. old. Somehow, I caught a performance of Handel's Water Music on the radio, and thought it sounded pretty good. Within days, I listened to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3, and I was hooked for life. Now, 42 years later, Mozart and Baroque music still provide soothing relaxation nothing else can.
And with high speed internet youtube makes available performances and recordings of nearly everything one could ever want to hear. It's like walking into a library where's it's almost impossible to say I've heard it all.
@@ginnychudgar9088 I could find something new to see every day and I would never see it all. Watched a wonderful Bach Cantata #140 from Amsterdam yesterday.
Merci RUclips. Dans les annèes soixante on ne pouvait même pas imaginer qu'on pourrait, un jour, assister à un concert aussi grandiose tout en étant chez soi. Un véritable délice !
This is most likely the best version of Water Music available online. Absolutely perfect. Handel's brisk, bright, and perfect melodies are brought to life here in a manner capable of moving the heart of the listener to a state of peace and happiness.
I 100% agree. I heard it several years ago and couldn't find it until my son helped me find it this week. This is the perfect recording of the Water Music Suite, in my opinion!
when in the life I would had had the opportunity to receive the gift of listening J.F. Handel from these magnificent performers.. . Grosse danke Arvatros for posting und bite shoen Akademy fur alte Musik Berlin great Extraordinarios!!!!!
Fantastic interpretation of Händel's Water Music. The tempo is phenomenal and absolutely perfect. Plus the historic instruments produce the perfect sound.
It is so refreshing to hear a group play a piece the way it was intended to be played...stylistically correct. It is so cool to be able to watch the players vs. listening only. Thumbs up.
I've been a fan of Classical music since I was 6 years old. This is the most fantastic performance of the Water Music Suite by Handel I've ever heard and seen! I also became an opera fan back in 1976 when I was 28 years old. I like hearing Handel's operas " THE MESSIAH and the opera "SEMILE ".
Best version I have had the pleasure of listening to. 1 million views, probably from only 100,000 people. Since after one discovers this rendition it is impossible to not view again and again on a regular basis.
Handel was never a favorite composer with me, but now he is. These folks play his music exactly right. ❤️ I love the Baroque instruments and phrasing/articulations. It’s just beautiful.
How wonderful to have musicians skilled and dedicated enough to play the older works. I used a recording of this as the background music for my wedding in a small country church fifty years' ago. It was a bit of a shock to the systems for some of the locals, but I loved it.
The baroque period was extremely rich not only for the immense quantity but also for the immense quality of its music, same for the other form of art, certainly the most inspiring time in history.
An LP of Handel's Water Music was the one of the first records I ever bought myself. It was around 1970, I was around 11 or 12, and I loved this music. Fifty years later, I still do, especially when it's played this beautifully.
HÄNDEL''s water music was indeed what hooked me on classics... when i was a kid, i heared it on the radio by accident ,i think i was about 8 years old ,i was mismerized by the sheer elegance of the music ,now I mainly worship Bach , I adore Beethoven ,Mozart ,Wagner, Brahms,Corelli, Vivaldi,Monteverdi ,Liszt,Purcell,Schbert and others...,but Händel is my first love especilly this piece for it was the begining,and the first cassette i've ever purchased !
Dear @Erwin Wieringa, it must be a immeasurable pleasure. To be in heaven, surrounded by angels and playing together the God's voice thru the music. Congratulations!
October 2024: Thank you very much @ninifarcazar3030 for finishing and correcting my attempt. See their answer below for more details. Suite 1 (HWV 348): 01. I. Overture: Largo-Allegro 00:00 02. II. Adagio e staccato 03:08 03. III. Allegro 05:04 04. IVa. Andante 07:14 05. IVb. Allegro da capo (lll) 09:28 06. V. Allegro 11:43 07. VI. Air 14:39 08. VII. Minuet 18:02 09. VIII. Bourrée 20:28 10. IX. Hornpipe 21:23 11. X. Allegro moderato 22:47 Suite 2 (HWV 349): 12. I. Allegro 26:43 13. II. Alla hornpipe 28:46 Suite 3 (HWV 350): 14. I. Minuet 31:28 15. IIa. Rigaudon 1 34:30 16. IIb. Rigaudon 2 35:33 17. IIc. Rigaudon 1 da capo 36:27 Suite 2 (HWV 349): 18. IV. Lentement 37:03 19. V. Bourrée 38:39 Suite 3 (HWV 350): 20. IIIa. Minuet 1 39:59 21. IIIb. Minuet 2 40:52 22. IVa. Gigue 1 42:25 23. IVb. Gigue 2 42:54 24. IVc. Gigue 1 da capo 43:23 Suite 2 (HWV 349): 25. III. Minuet 43:54 The headings naming the Suite and the roman numerals show the conventional ordering before the discovery of the 1718 copy. The numbers are the order in this performance based on the newly found copy. I am still not sure about the numbering but for referencing in this video it's certainly fine. Further reading: (I am not sure I am allowed to share links here so I try to give precise enough search terms) 1. A paper about the new discoveries by Terence Best. Sadly I wasn't able to get access. It is a chapter in this book: ISBN 9781315093154 This is part of the link on the taylorfrancis website to the chapter: ../chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315093154-12/newly-discovered-water-music-source-terence-best 2. A short article about the discovery on the website of the Royal Society of Musicians: You should be able to find it with these search terms: "From the Archives The oldest surviving score of Handel’s Water Music" .../news/from-the-archives-handel-water-music 3. (german) Händel edition from 1886 which gives the considertions of the editor based on the knowledge available at the time. At imslp go the Water Music page and find a edition from Friedrich Chrysander. See the introduction text. ( .../wiki/Water_Music,_HWV_348-350_(Handel,_George_Frideric) )
@@joycefinn5403 Sorry I didn't finish this. I got a little confused about the original naming of the parts in the second and third suite and the order seems to vary between recordings if I remember correctly. I will update it at some point. =)
@@joycefinn5403 That piece specifically is one of those that has no tempo indication but at least in the score of the third suite I'm looking at it's the first piece.
One of the great interpretation of this Händel masterpiece. Bravissimo!! The sentiment of the interpretation is notable. Congratulations to the orchestra and its maestro.
Perfection. The beauty in the movements of the musicians, as well. And the stamina! The musicians don't even seem to take a breath. Seamless. Amazing performance.
It's unique when an orchestra achieves a level when one is able to hear every instrument as a distinct voice and it is not drowned by the others. That is joyful to be profoundly affected by this. I'm certain that the recording master also had something to do with it.
I've never seen an orchestra where they play the music standing up. I'm not sure what difference it makes to the sound, but it's an interesting choice.
This was one of the first works I heard as a child that made me a fan of baroque music, especially Handel. Hearing the sounds of horns and trumpets I imagined myself flying through the sky through huge white clouds. What great memories!!!
31:25 - 34:27 so much delicacy and sensitivity, very amazing ! I agree with you Felipe and feels the same as you with hearing this so lovely music when I was a child. "Water Music" is my preferred music and Händel one of my preferred composer... Starting to learn music and flute at age of 8, first year of flute exam with trying to modestly play Handel's "little walk" piece of music... :-) I love baroque music, especially Händel's music !
At summer music camp this piece was always played over the PA as "reveille", so it is very nostalgic for me. The volume of sound from such a small ensemble is incredible, especially only two natural horns. Amazing.
Such a beautiful performance and so well filmed. I could imagine being there ! Viva Handel !!! Long after George I has been forgotten the world will remember Handel.
It's amazing how Händel created the most sustainable joy in musical history. What a deep entertainment! Let a warm light heat up our bodies by adopting the Händel mode!
I found myself wondering if there are very many professions, like this, where the spirit, soul and body are all so involved. And also incorporating one's own work seamlessly with another. Beautiful and inspiring.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music (I even used the Alla Hornpipe section for the recessional at our wedding) and this is one of the best performances I have seen/heard. Wonderful seeing the older types of instruments being used, th group of players standing, etc. Wonderful!!
he says it in a French accent, as it's a french name: Michel Richard Delalande - Chaconne. There are a few other versions of that piece available on youtube.
I have listened at least 20 times and I am always delighted to hear such an amazing piece of music. Thanks George Friederik Haendel and the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin. Greetings from Santiago, Chile
Dear Madame/Sir of Avrotros Klssiek, thank you very much indeed for providing such a lovely set of Handel's music performed, at the same time, by professionals. Thanks again from the Iraqi classic music listener Ali and God Bless you all.
the sheer joyous playing pulls me back to this performance again and again and again.... i thank each one of the players and recording staff who made this possible... deepest gratitude.... you created deepest beauty...
This is one astoundingly great performance! I just could not turn away. I especially loved the added diminutions here and there to give this music a little different flavor which makes this "old" music more alive. Any composers, like Handel, from the distant past if they came back today would be in tears of utter joy that their music is still played, and with such precision and beauty as does the Akademie.
I love this music played on period instruments. Beautiful! I am in awe of the skill these musicians have developed in order to play this music on instruments with fewer keys and accouterments, etc. of modern instruments! BRAVO!
Aside: The two trumpets are more modern "Baroque Trumpets" with vents at node points to change their fundamentals and make certain difficult intonations in tune without excessive "lipping". You can see that in the work of fingers and thumbs as they play. The horns are naturals, where the players have only their lips and bell-hands to adjust pitches. Still, the brass players are remarkable for their elegance and execution!
I love Water Music, one of the pinnacles of baroque orchestral music, a perfect mix of different styles: refined French, German (counterpoint and brass writing), Italian melodies and a touch of English dances. In Handel you find everything
I had forgotten how great, dynamic, and enlivening this music is. I listened to it as a teenager but have no memory for music unless it is actually being played. I am amazed at people who can write music and play it so well.
Yes. Back in 1973-4-5 in college, I had a record player (!) and this Water Music album was my go-to in order to center myself for studying. Just outstanding, nothing can be dismissed, nothing leads to daydreaming, but to complete focus and cherishing of every note and every change. Sublime.
A Baroque Orchestra playing Period (Baroque) Instruments is as close to being there as we get - and it's wonderful. Playing these instruments is adding layers of technique to that of playing modern (especially oboe and horn). Add the hefty price of these instruments and the undermined value and support society in general gives these musicians - it's a tough life. You literally pay twice as much for half the technology, but they're not doing this "for the money". This is for the love of representing the music in it's truest form. I salute all of these folks for what they do.
@@twigle3015 Let's hope we - or, rather perhaps, our governments the world over - have learned our lessons from this year. I think a lot of people realise only when they can't have access to live performances of any kind (my particular love is the theatre) how important they are - and how much we need them.
Well, I own both a baroque violin and a modern violin and their price is not that different. Also, my modern bow costs really much more than my baroque bow... (it depends everything on the budget you have). Not everybody, in fact, plays original instruments from the 1700 (or even before), but on copies (made maybe by contemporary luthiers, for example), even if we are talking about "period instruments".
Super. I always love the various interpretations of this piece. For me the genius of Handel is demonstrated in the Air when he misses out the first note (and inserts a rest) of the main theme when it's repeated near the end of the tune. Sorry if my meaning isn't clear (I'm a poor uneducated folk fiddler!). Very mischievous, completely addictive and the 'missing note' makes the piece special! Handel had all the best tunes!
...bislang die beste Version, die je gehört habe!! ...Genauestens punktiert, scharf, hämmernd betont, emotional harmonisch, und endlich einmal ein Dirigent, der Kesselpauken zum richtigen ermunterndem Einsatz bringt, - und sich zu einem rasanten, nicht schläfrigen Tempo wagt .. grandiose Musik, die Spaß in höchster Qualität macht - und nicht müde. ...
De grands professionnels. Je n'arrive pas à m'arréter de regarder cette vidéo et, même si je dois faire autre chose, cette musique restera en arrière plan. Je n'ai jamais été aussi ensorcelé par une oeuvre musicale Grand merci pour le partage et un grand bravo à l'orchestre et à l'équipe technique
Bonjour, vous devriez regardez le concert au Château de Chambordn où Häendel y a été joué en 2016. Avec les feux d'artifices, ce fût un grand moment. Bonne fin de journée.
Eight years after this was first recorded, I am delighted by its originality, its verve, its expertise. There is merit to re-watching old favourites - one discovers nuance previously unnoticed.
While planning my music lessons for school I listened to the whole "Water Music" today and it went so well - I will always use classical music from now on. Thanks for recording and publishing this wonderful piece!
Klare und gut artikulierte Aufführung dieses allzu berühmten Meisterwerks mit außergewöhnlich schönen Töne aller historischen Instrumente. Die Holzbläser sind besonders ausgezeichnet. Danke fürs rechtzeitige Hochladen!
@@notaire2 Okay, so etwas habe ich geahnt. Historische Musikinstrumente sind auch etwas Besonderes. Hörner klingen auch bei anderen Aufführungen nicht immer präzise, aber meist sind es ja nicht die historischen, deshalb fällt es da nicht so auf.
@@marliesrabisch784 Die Hörner sind wahnsinnig gut, haben den richtigen Naturhorn-"Schmiss" und spielen die leisen Solopassagen sehr fein. Und dann gibt es Leute wie Sie die denken, wenn ein Ton verkickst wird ist alles schlecht. Wahnsinn. Bitte keine Originalinstrument-Aufführungen anhören wenn einem der Naturhornklang an sich schon zu rau ist.
@@Apfelstrudl Wo habe ich geschrieben, dass alles schlecht ist? Und ich habe meinen Kommentar relativiert nach der Erklärung, warum es so schwierig ist, mit Naturhörnern die Töne genau zu treffen.
My soul is comforted, even gladdened. I had not heard the 'Water Music' for about 20 years, and ravenously fell upon it. This version delighted me. Work took me down peoples' musical pathways; now I am able to choose my own - save when I am forced to shop in one of the world's supermarkets. Would that they would attain a finer balance: we might rejoice while purchasing our carrots and milk. Thank you!
I've listened to the performance every night and it brings me to tears every time. Be it the outstanding performance or the time in my life where I need to be uplifted I am so happy and sad at the same to be happy to enjoy this music. Handel is genius.
Eine so schöne Aufführung der Wassermusik habe ich noch nie gehört. Jedes der Instrumente kommt perfekt zum Vorschein, so klar und akzentuiert. Es ist eine reine Freude für den Zuhörer. Die Wassermusik und die Feuerwerksmusik waren für mich immer die Favoriten des Barocks, sie haben mir die Türe zur Klassischen Musik geöffnet. Herzlichen Dank dem Orchester und dem Komponisten Georg Friedrich Händel.
Also, to mention once more, that this essentially new art form, the RUclips video, gains so much by artistic & thoughtful videography. We, the often small, intimate audience of 1 or 2, can appreciate the music on an "additional" level, even learn some things, perhaps, about the composer's intent, from the faces & gestures of the players, as they interpret the piece within their technique & emotional perspective. The general & individual portraiture brings us close. Bravo, thanks to all.
I have attended live concerts for over 50 years, and yes the visual connection adds to the experience at a deep level. As to focus, the live experience is always best, but I love this music any way I can get it.
@@plinyelder8156 You should really hide behind a different alias, something like GBS the Lesser. Shaw's music criticism, often scathing, had no need of obtuse sarcasm. Confessing your oblivious attitude to the full experience of instrumental performance does no honor to the players, or their composers, or to all who make performance possible, right through to architects, & here, even to shipwrights. Glad you crawled out of your ashes, though - presumably a long climb; welcome to the 21st c.
Are you under the illusion that all YT videos are custom-made for YT?? This video would be praiseworthy re "artistic and thoughtful videography" wherever it may be shown and viewed. I should hardly call the YT video a new art form. The best on the site are not made for YT, and, unhappily, the rest are a mix of the well done, and rank amateurish, and what amount to con jobs -- vacuous material poorly presented.
@@pamos1949 Thank you for stating the obvious; always nice to have such kind remarks while being rescued from one's illusions. Whatever the quality, & wherever originally intended, Mr. Amos, it may also be obvious, even to you, that YT has become a widespread, & culturally embedded, means for experiencing classical music by a single person, small group of friends, et al., without need for a specific appointment, price of a ticket, cost of recording, etc. There is an intimacy & personal freedom in this, which seems to give many, especially many who are new to classical music, a chance to easily familiarize themselves with, & appreciate its greatness, even unexpectedly. Video recordings, still images in sequence, etc., is not new; likewise audio production of live performance. But, bundling them for free (yes, ads...) to the entire world? Name a precedent? We're not talkin' MTV, here, fair enough? When apt, the visual choice of fine paintings or photos can attract audience appreciation as well as "seeing" the musicians play, not so? And, if new audiences stumble upon Haendel by accident, why complain? As for "vacuous material poorly presented," we may let others judge our comments. Is it not, finally, obvious that these very YT opportunities for actual discussion (& disagreement) among a worldwide audience - a new community in itself, people like ourselves, who don't even know each other - that this can enlarge our insight & appreciation of the classical music tradition?
Extraordinary concert of one of the top works of G.F. Händel who honors his memory with propriety and pleasant instrumentation, every time someone interprets music of this masterful genius of the Baroque, is to relive his magic and his great imagination that conquers us who sensitively we capture him, for his simplicity, for his humanistic quality , and know how to share with everyone, as in the first staging of the real fireworks, for all future generations, a sample of their ability to teach with their notes the origin of the universe and the true meaning of life. México
Eines der allerbesten Interpretationen von Händel's Watermusic. Stimmung, Tempi, Phrasierungen perfekt, ein Genuss bis zum Schluss. Ausgezeichnete Hörner!! Welche Präzision, ein Genuss. Vielen Dank. Schade kann man keine CD od. ähnlich kaufen davon.
Ach, sooo wunderbare Musik gespielt himlisch! Ich wohne in Sued-Calif und wir haben auch einige kleinere Baroquemusik Gruppen, aber Ihre Musik ist so hervorragend und meisterlich gespielt. Ich bin so froh dass ich sie gefunden habe am RUclips. Es freut mich sehr dass sie wieder so langsam anfangen zu spielen jetzt. Vielen lieben Dank fuer diese wunderbare Musik!
Ich höre diese Musik zum ersten Mal ganz und bewußt,so lebendig vorgetragen.ein Vater War Musiker und ich erlebte Unseren gemeinsamen Innenklang und freute Mich an der Begeisterung Der orchestralen Kräfte. Ursula Görgen
The first time I heard Handel's Water Music was at Teatro Colón (Bogotá) in 1962. Of course I fell in love with it. But here with this wonderful Orchestra the authentic sound from the composer time, flows admirably. Thank you for posting.
That particular period is characterise by a sense of rhythmic rarely surpassed.Melody is translucent and like a river with borders of green grass ,it flows constantly with the sound melting from the forest to that of water.Always an expression of full enjoyment of life.
Lovely performance of this beautiful piece of chamber music. Though it is in a large venue, it feels intimate. I think, because the musicians are standing. Very nicely done!
As a player in this group I am very grateful for so much appreciation. It is an honour and a joy to be allowed to play this wonderful music with this amazing orchestra and to have friends that play in such a wonderful way.
Bro, you are so lucky, i do play myself in a barroque ensemble too, people tend to forget how versatile and free this music was, theres not "totally correct interpretation" of this music, but i would say you guys were close to the spirit of this music!
You both are very lucky to do this. This is music.
This is a really...,really nice version of this great classical/baroque piece!After listening,now I better understand the
story behind this "musick"...,that it was repeated as an encore after the first performance for the King
I'm moved listening your music. It is a dream for me! Congratulation!
You play in this group!?! WOW! This is so beautiful! My compliments!
感動しました！
最近何もやる気が出ず、先が見えない暗いトンネルの中を彷徨い続けている感じがしていたけれど、先程何気なく見ていたRUclipsから偶然子供の頃から大好きだった懐かしいこの曲が！
聴いた途端、目の前にパッと太陽の明かりが見えて、その瞬間暗闇から抜け出たのを感じました。
今まで聞いていたのとは最初のテンポからしてかなり違うアレンジですがとにかく楽しい😊
幼少の頃に初めてこの曲を耳にした時、不思議な事に例えようのない懐かしい気持ちで涙が流れた事。その時に頭に浮かんだ’見た事もない周りの建物や風景と人々の様子’。成長するにつれ、それが前世の記憶なのだろうと、誰に話すこと無く今でも自分の中だけで信じています。
久しぶりにこの曲を聴いて、その時代に生きていたかも知れない自分の中の魂が目を覚ましたかのように、再び様々な風景が浮かんできました。
生きにくいこの時代だけれども、今日からまた新たな一歩を踏み出せます！ありがとう!
Your previous life.....well, of course......Cheers from Acapulco!
Bonsoir,
Quelle interprétation !!! Tout y est, tout est juste.
Rythme, profondeur, légèreté, force, contraste. Juste magique, vous faites honneur au grand Haendel.
Merci.
HANDEL'S "Water Music" is the sound of an elixir for the soul! The whole piece is literally captivating...
My love for classical music really took hold when I was in my early and mid 20s in the military, and I just couldn't get enough of it. And Handel's "Water Music" was a huge part of fostering that love which continues to this very day. I'm now 85 and my life has been enriched by classical music, symphony concerts, opera and operetta, musical comedy, etc. I could go on and on. I have sung in many opera and operetta choruses , was a choral singer for 31 years, and a church choir singer from my teens until just a few years ago. As I'm listening to and watching this terrific rendition, I am going through the memories of all the music I've listened to, watched, and been a part of myself... What a blessing!
Hopefully all well with you! Had a day of classical music TG nice & relaxing.😊 Found this on RUclips it's worth listening to. Yippee! Take care & stay safe.
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Same for me! I thought I hated "Classical Music" until I was 25 yrs. old. Somehow, I caught a performance of Handel's Water Music on the radio, and thought it sounded pretty good. Within days, I listened to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3, and I was hooked for life. Now, 42 years later, Mozart and Baroque music still provide soothing relaxation nothing else can.
And with high speed internet youtube makes available performances and recordings of nearly everything one could ever want to hear. It's like walking into a library where's it's almost impossible to say I've heard it all.
@@bobturnley2787 Yes, yes! I'm 75 and I'm in love with this amazing technology which is adding so much happiness to my life.
@@ginnychudgar9088 I could find something new to see every day and I would never see it all. Watched a wonderful Bach Cantata #140 from Amsterdam yesterday.
Merci RUclips. Dans les annèes soixante on ne pouvait même pas imaginer qu'on pourrait, un jour, assister à un concert aussi grandiose tout en étant chez soi.
Un véritable délice !
É verdade mesmo! Hoje temos acesso a essas riquezas incontáveis ❤❤❤
Now that's one hell of a Baroque Orchestra right there. Fantastic reading of Haendel's Water Music...
This is most likely the best version of Water Music available online. Absolutely perfect. Handel's brisk, bright, and perfect melodies are brought to life here in a manner capable of moving the heart of the listener to a state of peace and happiness.
😊 Thank you so much!
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I 100% agree. I heard it several years ago and couldn't find it until my son helped me find it this week. This is the perfect recording of the Water Music Suite, in my opinion!
Today 23 February 2021 is Handel's birthday and he would turn 336 years old. Thank you Master for giving us so much beautiful music!
It is 23 February Old Style (Julian calendar) which means that he was actually born on 5 March.
I´m never ever going to be tired of this Watermusic. Goes straight to the heart.
Thanks to all the players. I am grateful for the opportunity to have listened to your performance.
when in the life I would had had the opportunity to receive the gift of listening J.F. Handel from these magnificent performers.. . Grosse danke Arvatros for posting und bite shoen Akademy fur alte Musik Berlin great Extraordinarios!!!!!
Simply the best performance of this piece I ever heard! (and I have been listening to/playing Handel for 64 years now!)
Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you
Fantastic interpretation of Händel's Water Music. The tempo is phenomenal and absolutely perfect. Plus the historic instruments produce the perfect sound.
If by phenomenal you mean too fast, then I agree. Slowing down 10% would help a lot. This isn't bluegrass.
onvoorstelbaar dat mensen zulke mooie muziek kunnen maken! Heerlijk om hier van de genieten en vreugde te ervaren.
Magical! I have heard this music hundreds of times over the last 50 years and I have never enjoyed it so much as tonight! BRAVO!
I can't recall a better performance of this gorgeous music. Bravo!
It is so refreshing to hear a group play a piece the way it was intended to be played...stylistically correct. It is so cool to be able to watch the players vs. listening only. Thumbs up.
I've been a fan of Classical music since I was 6 years old. This is the most fantastic performance of the Water Music Suite by Handel I've ever heard and seen! I also became an opera fan back in 1976 when I was 28 years old. I like hearing Handel's operas " THE MESSIAH and the opera "SEMILE ".
Best version I have had the pleasure of listening to. 1 million views, probably from only 100,000 people. Since after one discovers this rendition it is impossible to not view again and again on a regular basis.
Try - ruclips.net/video/58f6NVMSSXA/видео.html
Agreed
Yes, it is so uplifting!
You have described what I feel
Handel was never a favorite composer with me, but now he is. These folks play his music exactly right. ❤️ I love the Baroque instruments and phrasing/articulations. It’s just beautiful.
Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven and other brilliant composers.
This is one of the best concerts I have ever heard in my life! Beautiful! Extraordinary! Genius! I cried the entire piece! thanks so much!
That's fabulous to hear!
The Water Music was the first music on record (12 inch disk) that I bought - aged 16. It never fails to uplift me. This is an outstanding performance.
How wonderful to have musicians skilled and dedicated enough to play the older works. I used a recording of this as the background music for my wedding in a small country church fifty years' ago. It was a bit of a shock to the systems for some of the locals, but I loved it.
Rarely have I heard such a joyful rendition. Many Thanks.
The baroque period was extremely rich not only for the immense quantity but also for the immense quality of its music, same for the other form of art, certainly the most inspiring time in history.
an absolutely glorious performance of the Water Music, it doesn't get much better than this.
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Outstanding performance on very uplifting music. This is the kind of music that turn high school kids into classical music fans.
An LP of Handel's Water Music was the one of the first records I ever bought myself. It was around 1970, I was around 11 or 12, and I loved this music. Fifty years later, I still do, especially when it's played this beautifully.
HÄNDEL''s water music was indeed what hooked me on classics... when i was a kid, i heared it on the radio by accident ,i think i was about 8 years old ,i was mismerized by the sheer elegance of the music ,now I mainly worship Bach , I adore Beethoven ,Mozart ,Wagner, Brahms,Corelli, Vivaldi,Monteverdi ,Liszt,Purcell,Schbert and others...,but Händel is my first love especilly this piece for it was the begining,and the first cassette i've ever purchased !
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Handel's "Messiah" did it for me (in high school)! Hogwood/AAM version.
Dear @Erwin Wieringa, it must be a immeasurable pleasure. To be in heaven, surrounded by angels and playing together the God's voice thru the music. Congratulations!
October 2024: Thank you very much @ninifarcazar3030 for finishing and correcting my attempt. See their answer below for more details.
Suite 1 (HWV 348):
01. I. Overture: Largo-Allegro 00:00
02. II. Adagio e staccato 03:08
03. III. Allegro 05:04
04. IVa. Andante 07:14
05. IVb. Allegro da capo (lll) 09:28
06. V. Allegro 11:43
07. VI. Air 14:39
08. VII. Minuet 18:02
09. VIII. Bourrée 20:28
10. IX. Hornpipe 21:23
11. X. Allegro moderato 22:47
Suite 2 (HWV 349):
12. I. Allegro 26:43
13. II. Alla hornpipe 28:46
Suite 3 (HWV 350):
14. I. Minuet 31:28
15. IIa. Rigaudon 1 34:30
16. IIb. Rigaudon 2 35:33
17. IIc. Rigaudon 1 da capo 36:27
Suite 2 (HWV 349):
18. IV. Lentement 37:03
19. V. Bourrée 38:39
Suite 3 (HWV 350):
20. IIIa. Minuet 1 39:59
21. IIIb. Minuet 2 40:52
22. IVa. Gigue 1 42:25
23. IVb. Gigue 2 42:54
24. IVc. Gigue 1 da capo 43:23
Suite 2 (HWV 349):
25. III. Minuet 43:54
The headings naming the Suite and the roman numerals show the conventional ordering before the discovery of the 1718 copy. The numbers are the order in this performance based on the newly found copy. I am still not sure about the numbering but for referencing in this video it's certainly fine.
Further reading:
(I am not sure I am allowed to share links here so I try to give precise enough search terms)
1. A paper about the new discoveries by Terence Best.
Sadly I wasn't able to get access. It is a chapter in this book: ISBN 9781315093154
This is part of the link on the taylorfrancis website to the chapter: ../chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315093154-12/newly-discovered-water-music-source-terence-best
2. A short article about the discovery on the website of the Royal Society of Musicians:
You should be able to find it with these search terms: "From the Archives The oldest surviving score of Handel’s Water Music"
.../news/from-the-archives-handel-water-music
3. (german) Händel edition from 1886 which gives the considertions of the editor based on the knowledge available at the time.
At imslp go the Water Music page and find a edition from Friedrich Chrysander. See the introduction text. ( .../wiki/Water_Music,_HWV_348-350_(Handel,_George_Frideric) )
merci pour cet apport précieux ! Super gentil de votre part !
Thank you respect
What is the piece that starts at about 31 minutes?
@@joycefinn5403 Sorry I didn't finish this. I got a little confused about the original naming of the parts in the second and third suite and the order seems to vary between recordings if I remember correctly. I will update it at some point. =)
@@joycefinn5403 That piece specifically is one of those that has no tempo indication but at least in the score of the third suite I'm looking at it's the first piece.
One of the great interpretation of this Händel masterpiece. Bravissimo!! The sentiment of the interpretation is notable. Congratulations to the orchestra and its maestro.
Wonderful performance of Handel’s Water Music. It has been at least 50 years ago I first heard this piece and this this was outstanding. Thank you.
34 years ago I played the horn parts for this set. It is a fun bit of music to play and to listen to. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Ihr zaubert mir immer wieder ein Lächeln ins Gesicht....gerade jetzt so erbaulich......
Perfection. The beauty in the movements of the musicians, as well. And the stamina! The musicians don't even seem to take a breath. Seamless. Amazing performance.
It's unique when an orchestra achieves a level when one is able to hear every instrument as a distinct voice and it is not drowned by the others. That is joyful to be profoundly affected by this.
I'm certain that the recording master also had something to do with it.
I've never seen an orchestra where they play the music standing up. I'm not sure what difference it makes to the sound, but it's an interesting choice.
@@misskitty285 it can help with air support in the winds.
This was one of the first works I heard as a child that made me a fan of baroque music, especially Handel. Hearing the sounds of horns and trumpets I imagined myself flying through the sky through huge white clouds. What great memories!!!
31:25 - 34:27 so much delicacy and sensitivity, very amazing ! I agree with you Felipe and feels the same as you with hearing this so lovely music when I was a child. "Water Music" is my preferred music and Händel one of my preferred composer... Starting to learn music and flute at age of 8, first year of flute exam with trying to modestly play Handel's "little walk" piece of music... :-) I love baroque music, especially Händel's music !
At summer music camp this piece was always played over the PA as "reveille", so it is very nostalgic for me. The volume of sound from such a small ensemble is incredible, especially only two natural horns. Amazing.
Such a beautiful performance and so well filmed. I could imagine being there ! Viva Handel !!! Long after George I has been forgotten the world will remember Handel.
It's amazing how Händel created the most sustainable joy in musical history. What a deep entertainment! Let a warm light heat up our bodies by adopting the Händel mode!
I found myself wondering if there are very many professions, like this, where the spirit, soul and body are all so involved. And also incorporating one's own work seamlessly with another. Beautiful and inspiring.
Angela, so agree! fine music, and performances like this for me are the pinnacle of human achievement and enjoyment.
Absolutely agree with your comment. Perhaps being a midwife, or art conservation, sculpture, violin making.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music (I even used the Alla Hornpipe section for the recessional at our wedding) and this is one of the best performances I have seen/heard. Wonderful seeing the older types of instruments being used, th group of players standing, etc. Wonderful!!
One of the very finest performances of this music I've heard. Thank you so much for sharing it.
just download it and enjoy since they won't answer you
he says it in a French accent, as it's a french name: Michel Richard Delalande - Chaconne. There are a few other versions of that piece available on youtube.
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I have listened at least 20 times and I am always delighted to hear such an amazing piece of music. Thanks George Friederik Haendel and the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
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Dear Madame/Sir of Avrotros Klssiek, thank you very much indeed for providing such a lovely set of Handel's music performed, at the same time, by professionals. Thanks again from the Iraqi classic music listener Ali and God Bless you all.
the sheer joyous playing pulls me back to this performance again and again and again....
i thank each one of the players and recording staff who made this possible...
deepest gratitude.... you created deepest beauty...
Always loved Handel's Water music.Very relaxing.
This is one astoundingly great performance! I just could not turn away. I especially loved the added diminutions here and there to give this music a little different flavor which makes this "old" music more alive. Any composers, like Handel, from the distant past if they came back today would be in tears of utter joy that their music is still played, and with such precision and beauty as does the Akademie.
From majesty to tenderness to innocence, thoroughly sublime. Happy Birthday, Sir.
I love this music played on period instruments. Beautiful! I am in awe of the skill these musicians have developed in order to play this music on instruments with fewer keys and accouterments, etc. of modern instruments! BRAVO!
Love the natural horns and trumpets. Being a former French horn player it is quite amazing to see what these folks can do without valves!
Those two dudes with their horns are grrrreat aren't they
Aside: The two trumpets are more modern "Baroque Trumpets" with vents at node points to change their fundamentals and make certain difficult intonations in tune without excessive "lipping". You can see that in the work of fingers and thumbs as they play.
The horns are naturals, where the players have only their lips and bell-hands to adjust pitches.
Still, the brass players are remarkable for their elegance and execution!
I love Water Music, one of the pinnacles of baroque orchestral music, a perfect mix of different styles: refined French, German (counterpoint and brass writing), Italian melodies and a touch of English dances. In Handel you find everything
Pavana, passacaglia, chacona, gallarda, among other Spanish Renaisance dances are also a part of that tradition
Hands down the *best* Water Music I’ve ever heard-bravissimi!!
I know the Bassoon doesn't get a lot of credit, but that guy was spot on. Awesome performance by all!
'Haendel immer Haendel', besonderes wenn so traumhaft gespielt wie hier. Es freut mich sehr dass es immer noch ganz begabte Musikanter gibt.
I had forgotten how great, dynamic, and enlivening this music is. I listened to it as a teenager but have no memory for music unless it is actually being played. I am amazed at people who can write music and play it so well.
Yes. Back in 1973-4-5 in college, I had a record player (!) and this Water Music album was my go-to in order to center myself for studying. Just outstanding, nothing can be dismissed, nothing leads to daydreaming, but to complete focus and cherishing of every note and every change. Sublime.
Such a powerful performance! The bassoon sounds incredible!
Can't you just picture this group in a magnificent boat floating down the Thames with Royalty looking on. So lovely to listen to.
A Baroque Orchestra playing Period (Baroque) Instruments is as close to being there as we get - and it's wonderful. Playing these instruments is adding layers of technique to that of playing modern (especially oboe and horn). Add the hefty price of these instruments and the undermined value and support society in general gives these musicians - it's a tough life. You literally pay twice as much for half the technology, but they're not doing this "for the money". This is for the love of representing the music in it's truest form. I salute all of these folks for what they do.
Thank you. I wish you were a little bit less correct in your statement...
@@twigle3015 Let's hope we - or, rather perhaps, our governments the world over - have learned our lessons from this year. I think a lot of people realise only when they can't have access to live performances of any kind (my particular love is the theatre) how important they are - and how much we need them.
Well, I own both a baroque violin and a modern violin and their price is not that different. Also, my modern bow costs really much more than my baroque bow... (it depends everything on the budget you have). Not everybody, in fact, plays original instruments from the 1700 (or even before), but on copies (made maybe by contemporary luthiers, for example), even if we are talking about "period instruments".
I don't think any of the instruments are broke. That's what they're supposed to sound like.
Super. I always love the various interpretations of this piece. For me the genius of Handel is demonstrated in the Air when he misses out the first note (and inserts a rest) of the main theme when it's repeated near the end of the tune. Sorry if my meaning isn't clear (I'm a poor uneducated folk fiddler!). Very mischievous, completely addictive and the 'missing note' makes the piece special! Handel had all the best tunes!
I've never enjoyed Handel so much as this, the players really breathe this music. Beautiful performance, start to finish.
Lovely rendition of this wonderful music. Thank you .
An absolute amazing performance, it blew me away, goosebumps and tears of joy🎶
The Best Orchestral baroque music ever... Handel, the supreme master 🙌🏻
As a musician who has played in this hall with it’s most challenging acoustic I can only give you a heartfelt BRAVO for this magnificent performance!
Realmente una caricia al alma mil gracias a todo el equipo y gracias por subir este maravilloso vídeo
Thank God that Haendel exists. May his works sound till the end of mankind.
I never liked water music much before.OMG what a perfect performance. On every morning to start the day and then some. Can not tire of this
Excellent music, Excellent play, Excellent recording...kudos to Akademie für alte Musik Berlin. Feel blessed !
...bislang die beste Version, die je gehört habe!! ...Genauestens punktiert, scharf, hämmernd betont, emotional harmonisch, und endlich einmal ein Dirigent, der Kesselpauken zum richtigen ermunterndem Einsatz bringt, - und sich zu einem rasanten, nicht schläfrigen Tempo wagt .. grandiose Musik, die Spaß in höchster Qualität macht - und nicht müde. ...
Sie sprechen mir aus der Seele!
De grands professionnels.
Je n'arrive pas à m'arréter de regarder cette vidéo et, même si je dois faire autre chose, cette musique restera en arrière plan.
Je n'ai jamais été aussi ensorcelé par une oeuvre musicale
Grand merci pour le partage et un grand bravo à l'orchestre et à l'équipe technique
Bonjour, vous devriez regardez le concert au Château de Chambordn où Häendel y a été joué en 2016. Avec les feux d'artifices, ce fût un grand moment. Bonne fin de journée.
Such a perfect and yet "humble" performance !!!!
Excellent !!!!!
I’ll have to refloat my barge and take it down the Thames. Stupendous recreation, bravo!
Un sommet dans l'interprétation, un immense bravo à Georg Kallweit et à l'Akademie fûr alte Musik Berlin ! Merci !
Eight years after this was first recorded, I am delighted by its originality, its verve, its expertise.
There is merit to re-watching old favourites - one discovers nuance previously unnoticed.
Endless invention from GFH and endless delight in this performance. Solo oboist is divine!
While planning my music lessons for school I listened to the whole "Water Music" today and it went so well - I will always use classical music from now on. Thanks for recording and publishing this wonderful piece!
Klare und gut artikulierte Aufführung dieses allzu berühmten Meisterwerks mit außergewöhnlich schönen Töne aller historischen Instrumente. Die Holzbläser sind besonders ausgezeichnet. Danke fürs rechtzeitige Hochladen!
Leider die Hörner nicht, sie klingen schräg und treffen oft nicht die richtigen Töne.
@@marliesrabisch784 Teilweise stimmt. Es ist sehr schwierig, die historischen Hörner präzis zu spielen.
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Okay, so etwas habe ich geahnt. Historische Musikinstrumente sind auch etwas Besonderes. Hörner klingen auch bei anderen Aufführungen nicht immer präzise, aber meist sind es ja nicht die historischen, deshalb fällt es da nicht so auf.
@@marliesrabisch784 Die Hörner sind wahnsinnig gut, haben den richtigen Naturhorn-"Schmiss" und spielen die leisen Solopassagen sehr fein. Und dann gibt es Leute wie Sie die denken, wenn ein Ton verkickst wird ist alles schlecht. Wahnsinn. Bitte keine Originalinstrument-Aufführungen anhören wenn einem der Naturhornklang an sich schon zu rau ist.
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Wo habe ich geschrieben, dass alles schlecht ist? Und ich habe meinen Kommentar relativiert nach der Erklärung, warum es so schwierig ist, mit Naturhörnern die Töne genau zu treffen.
My soul is comforted, even gladdened. I had not heard the 'Water Music' for about 20 years, and ravenously fell upon it. This version delighted me. Work took me down peoples' musical pathways; now I am able to choose my own - save when I am forced to shop in one of the world's supermarkets. Would that they would attain a finer balance: we might rejoice while purchasing our carrots and milk. Thank you!
I've listened to the performance every night and it brings me to tears every time. Be it the outstanding performance or the time in my life where I need to be uplifted I am so happy and sad at the same to be happy to enjoy this music. Handel is genius.
Eine so schöne Aufführung der Wassermusik habe ich noch nie gehört. Jedes der Instrumente kommt perfekt zum Vorschein, so klar und akzentuiert. Es ist eine reine Freude für den Zuhörer. Die Wassermusik und die Feuerwerksmusik waren für mich immer die Favoriten des Barocks, sie haben mir die Türe zur Klassischen Musik geöffnet. Herzlichen Dank dem Orchester und dem Komponisten Georg Friedrich Händel.
Sprightly, brisk and pure! Beautifully executed ⚜️
Bravo Händel, bravo Akademie für alte Musik Berlin -- it is a magnificent poem by musical instruments in the highest order.
Also, to mention once more, that this essentially new art form, the RUclips video, gains so much by artistic & thoughtful videography. We, the often small, intimate audience of 1 or 2, can appreciate the music on an "additional" level, even learn some things, perhaps, about the composer's intent, from the faces & gestures of the players, as they interpret the piece within their technique & emotional perspective. The general & individual portraiture brings us close. Bravo, thanks to all.
The focus is music, not video. Thanks for losing perspective.
I have attended live concerts for over 50 years, and yes the visual connection adds to the experience at a deep level. As to focus, the live experience is always best, but I love this music any way I can get it.
@@plinyelder8156 You should really hide behind a different alias, something like GBS the Lesser. Shaw's music criticism, often scathing, had no need of obtuse sarcasm. Confessing your oblivious attitude to the full experience of instrumental performance does no honor to the players, or their composers, or to all who make performance possible, right through to architects, & here, even to shipwrights. Glad you crawled out of your ashes, though - presumably a long climb; welcome to the 21st c.
Are you under the illusion that all YT videos are custom-made for YT?? This video would be praiseworthy re "artistic and thoughtful videography" wherever it may be shown and viewed. I should hardly call the YT video a new art form. The best on the site are not made for YT, and, unhappily, the rest are a mix of the well done, and rank amateurish, and what amount to con jobs -- vacuous material poorly presented.
@@pamos1949 Thank you for stating the obvious; always nice to have such kind remarks while being rescued from one's illusions.
Whatever the quality, & wherever originally intended, Mr. Amos, it may also be obvious, even to you, that YT has become a widespread, & culturally embedded, means for experiencing classical music by a single person, small group of friends, et al., without need for a specific appointment, price of a ticket, cost of recording, etc.
There is an intimacy & personal freedom in this, which seems to give many, especially many who are new to classical music, a chance to easily familiarize themselves with, & appreciate its greatness, even unexpectedly.
Video recordings, still images in sequence, etc., is not new; likewise audio production of live performance.
But, bundling them for free (yes, ads...) to the entire world?
Name a precedent?
We're not talkin' MTV, here, fair enough?
When apt, the visual choice of fine paintings or photos can attract audience appreciation as well as "seeing" the musicians play, not so?
And, if new audiences stumble upon Haendel by accident, why complain?
As for "vacuous material poorly presented," we may let others judge our comments.
Is it not, finally, obvious that these very YT opportunities for actual discussion (& disagreement) among a worldwide audience - a new community in itself, people like ourselves, who don't even know each other - that this can enlarge our insight & appreciation of the classical music tradition?
So viel Erhabenheit und Eleganz. Eine wunderbare Aufführung. Ich hoffe, das Publikum hat gemerkt, wie viel Glück es hatte, dort zu sein.
Extraordinary concert of one of the top works of G.F. Händel who honors his memory with propriety and pleasant instrumentation, every time someone interprets music of this masterful genius of the Baroque, is to relive his magic and his great imagination that conquers us who sensitively we capture him, for his simplicity, for his humanistic quality , and know how to share with everyone, as in the first staging of the real fireworks, for all future generations, a sample of their ability to teach with their notes the origin of the universe and the true meaning of life. México
Eines der allerbesten Interpretationen von Händel's Watermusic. Stimmung, Tempi, Phrasierungen perfekt, ein Genuss bis zum Schluss. Ausgezeichnete Hörner!! Welche Präzision, ein Genuss. Vielen Dank. Schade kann man keine CD od. ähnlich kaufen davon.
This is the performance I was looking for. One of the best.
Ach, sooo wunderbare Musik gespielt himlisch! Ich wohne in Sued-Calif und wir haben auch einige kleinere Baroquemusik Gruppen, aber Ihre Musik ist so hervorragend und meisterlich gespielt. Ich bin so froh dass ich sie gefunden habe am RUclips. Es freut mich sehr dass sie wieder so langsam anfangen zu spielen jetzt. Vielen lieben Dank fuer diese wunderbare Musik!
Esta interpretación de Händel es sencillamente, lo mejor de lo mejor. Es música para el alma, no para el oído. ¡Muchísimas gracias por publicarla!
Music for a King as to be in XVIII England Beautiful arrangement and very well played.Perfect adjustment.Love you !.
Ich höre diese Musik zum ersten Mal ganz und bewußt,so lebendig vorgetragen.ein Vater
War Musiker und ich erlebte
Unseren gemeinsamen
Innenklang und freute
Mich an der Begeisterung
Der orchestralen Kräfte.
Ursula Görgen
The first time I heard Handel's Water Music was at Teatro Colón (Bogotá) in 1962. Of course I fell in love with it. But here with this wonderful Orchestra the authentic sound from the composer time, flows admirably. Thank you for posting.
That particular period is characterise by a sense of rhythmic rarely surpassed.Melody is translucent and like a river with borders of green grass ,it flows constantly with the sound melting from the forest to that of water.Always an expression of full enjoyment of life.
I'm cheering to the computer screen. It is a gray day for me but you lifted my spirits to the heavens. Thank you.
Lovely performance of this beautiful piece of chamber music. Though it is in a large venue, it feels intimate. I think, because the musicians are standing. Very nicely done!
1 Wunderbar ! So viel Spaß das Möglich ' mit euch ' hören - sehen diesem Super MUsik Stück = DANKE. Gratulieren
I love the rich sound of those horns! So wonderful
Awesome music, congrats on your performance. Thank you for the great pleasure of listening to this concert.
I love the way crowds in the Netherlands hold their joy until the end, then just explode in rapture. It's great.
Göttliche Musik, wunderschöne Waldhorn, tolle Interpreten: Danke Akademie für alte Musik Berlin :)