Baroque & Beyond: Water Music

Where

Holy Trinity Cathedral, 446 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052

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When

Thursday 12 June 2025
7.30pm-8.30pm



Cost

Paid

From $28-$67

Contact

Auckland Philharmonia
ticketing@aucklandphil.nz
09 623 1052

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Director Andrew Beer
Handel Water Music (selections)
Tippett (arr. Manning) Time Past, Time Present, Time Future

King George I, with a small assortment of aristocratic guests, sat in a boat floating up the Thames. Handel, and an orchestra, sat in another, entertaining the royal party with a new piece called, inevitably, Water Music.

Nowadays it’s usually played on dry land, but never like this, interspersed with Tippett’s calmly radiant music for strings. Across a gulf of 250 years, the two composers engage in a deeply moving dialogue with each other.

Notes Fund - Music for this concert has been supported by Steven Brodie, Teresa Hall & Gene Dillman.

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