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 Sinfonia for strings in C major from “L’Olimpiade”
Handel Water Music, Suite No. 3
Handel Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 3 No. 2

— Intermission —

Handel Solomon: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel Sinfonia in B-flat major (HWV 339)
Vivaldi La tempesta di mare, RV 433
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks

Basilica of Maxentius – Clivo di Venere Felice, Rome

The prestigious ensemble Concerto Köln transports us to the lavish atmosphere of the Baroque festivals once held along the banks of the Thames. Performing on period instruments, the musicians revive the authentic, brilliant sound of masterpieces by Handel and Vivaldi, recreating the splendor of eighteenth-century royal celebrations. The concert culminates with the famous suites from Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, where resounding trumpets and festive rhythms celebrate the magnificence of the English Crown in a blaze of Baroque joy.