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On July 17th 1717 George Frideric Handel premiered his composition Water Music after King George I requested a concert to be performed on the River Thames.
Close to 300 years later this major musical milestone was emulated on London’s famous waterway.
The New Water Music draws on Handel’s original titles with eleven leading contemporary British composers contributing a newly written five minute movement each.
The work was performed for the first time on a barge which was part of a 1000 boat flotilla celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant took place on Sunday June 3rd, 2012 in the presence of The Queen and was televised worldwide with an estimated one billion audience.
The composers include Anne Dudley (Oscar winner for The Full Monty), Stephen Warbeck (Oscar winner for Shakespeare In Love), Christopher Gunning (Poirot), Debbie Wiseman (Wolf Hall) Julian Nott (Wallace & Gromit).
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05:05
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04:36
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04:43
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04:57
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04:15
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05:40
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05:23
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