Water Music (1717)

        Water Music  (1717) is three suites of instrumental music that was commissioned 

    by German-born King George I three years after his inauguration.  It was played from 

    a barge that floated down the Thames river following the royal barge with the King on 

    July 17, 1717.  Many Londoners took to boats to hear the concert, supposedly filling 

    the river. 

Suite in F major  (HWV 348)  (25:30)

 
    Overture (Largo – Allegro)
    Adagio e staccato
    Allegro – Andante – Allegro da capo Aria
    Minuet
    Air
    Minuet
    Bourrée
    Hornpipe

 
    Allegro
    Allegro (variant)
    Alla Hornpipe (variant)


Suite in D major  (HWV 349)  13:10

    Overture (Allegro)
    Alla Hornpipe
    Minuet
    Lentement
    Bourrée


Suite in G major  (HWV 350)  9:30

 
    Allegro
    Rigaudon
    Allegro
    Minuet
    Allegro