2017 Proms At Stage@ The Dock, Hull

Live from TheDock, Hull Presented by Tom Redmond Tom Redmond introduces a special BBC Prom from Hull with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Nicholas McGegan performing music with a maritime flavour. The BBC Proms travels out of London, to Hull - UK City of Culture 2017 - for a site-specific performance of music inspired by water, centering on Handel's Water Music suites, first performed 300 years ago at a river party for George I on the Thames. Pioneering early music expert Nicholas McGegan directs the Royal Northern Sinfonia at Stage@TheDock - Hull's outdoor amphitheatre - in a programme featuring everything from storms and shipwrecks to calm seas and seductive sirens. Telemann: Water Music - overture Delius: Summer Night on the River Handel: Water Music - Suite No. 3 in G major Grace Evangeline Mason: RIVER (BBC commission: first concert performance) Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Rameau: Naïs - overture Grace Williams: Sea Sketches - High Wind; Calm Sea in Summer Handel: Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major Royal Northern Sinfonia Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Sat 22nd Jul 2017 15:00 on BBC Radio 3

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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