Music for the Crown

Concerto Köln

Music for the Crown
Handel and the great Baroque festivals on the Thames

Handel Water Music Suite No. 2
Vivaldi Concerto in A major RV 158
Handel Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel Concerto Grosso in B-flat major Op. 3 No. 2

Vivaldi L’Olimpiade: Sinfonia RV 725
Handel Concerto Grosso in F major Op. 6 No. 9
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks

Basilica of Maxentius – Clivo di Venere Felice, Rome

The prestigious ensemble Concerto Köln transports us to the lavish atmospheres of the Baroque festivals organized along the banks of the Thames. Through the use of original instruments, the program restores the authentic and brilliant sound of the masterpieces of Handel and Vivaldi, recreating the splendor of eighteenth-century royal ceremonies. The concert culminates with the famous suites of Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, where trumpet calls and festive rhythms celebrate the magnificence of the English crown in a triumph of Baroque joy.