It’s as if I’ve gone back in time!! My life would be complete if I attended a baroque ball with Water Music playing like this or attended the 1717 premiere on the Thames.
The musicians here need to be given extra props for sounding perfect using period instruments. These are MUCH harder to play than modern ones because the French horns and trumpets lack the valves that allow them to play specific notes. These musicians are only using embouchure (lip control) to not only control what note to play, but are staying in perfect pitch with each other and the other horn players. This is virtually impossible to do consistently. I cannot stress enough how difficult it is. And to play for 45 minutes straight keeping that type of lip control is mind blowing. Also, kudos to the solo oboist who, again on a period instrument, played beyond exceptional. The tuning, technique and musicianship of this group was perfection. Add to the fact that they had full wardrobe, wigs, and makeup done to look fully authentic, this entire production could not have been better. Sheer perfection in my book. THE BEST baroque music video in existence on RU-vid.
автор канала - Николай луганский - халявщик. Выкрал мою рецензию. Из книги , уже изданной, в ней рассказ о Генделе.Я взяла этот кусок, поместила сюда в виде рецензии, Николай Луганский - автор канала - забрал этот кусочек себе- ему пригодится присвоить себе - чужое!
@@stargate1555 I see. According to my experience, and to the Oxford Dictionary, "props" means the portable objects used in a play (or film) , or "Props" can be the nickname of the person who looks after them when they are not in use. Hence my feeling that these poor musicians have been overloaded with enough props already. But these days, ALL specialist players of early music use period instruments with the need for the techniques mentioned. It's jolly good, but it's only what everyone had to do in Handel's time.
An actual Time Machine here, in every detail; permitting us, miraculously,to see and hear what Life was all about 300 years ago; amidst horses, coaches; disease and above all ELEGANCE. ... We almost sense a Fond Farewell; so beautifully conveyed here; before Machines descended into the world; with all their murky, suspiciously 'beneficial' paths, so invitingly displayed before our innocent eyes!
I weep in remembrance of those far-off days, just before the ghastly realities of the Industrial Revolution; which everyone so merrily, so innocently welcomed!
what is missing is. these wonderful musicians being pulled by members of Her royal majestys royal navy down the river Thames whilst on a golden barge. Then would the world be at rest///// and serenity restored
Exquisite! Both the music and the dance. This is the best display of Baroque dance I have ever seen. It would have been lovely to see one of the couples dance a minuet too. Lovely to see many handsome young men dance like civilized people without being in the least bit feminine. This quality has been lost from modern society.
I see, to do it so perfectly certainly there was lot of working, with top musicians, top dancers, top etc., it's unrepeatable, a treasure!!! Thank you Maestro Handel💖💫
Muy, muy bueno, buenisimo, una maravilla, la orquesta fabulosa, un sonído e interpretacion extraordinaria, hacen honor a gran HAENDEL, los bailarines me encantan, excelentes, como me hubiera gustado estar allí si pudiera, Sr. Giuga muchisimas gracias por subir algo que enaltece y modela el espiritu y el buen gusto
Grazie per i complimenti, cerchiamo di ricreare l'atmosfera settecentesca che c'era a Venezia durante il Carnevale. Auguro buona visione e una buona giornata...
No consibo, la vida sin la existencia de esta hermosura de Música. Como me agrada que estos grandes hombres hallan vivido con nosotros. Vida eterna para el gran arte
Como dizia Taleyrand: Quem não conheceu o ancien régime, não sabe o que é doçura de viver. Essas músicas, esse décor, esse ambiente são justamente dessa época!
I've clicked through so many videos, through so many incredible, weird ambient landscapes... I feel like I'm going on a train trip, seeing a succession of crazy, never-before-seen scenes from history, important, weird musics through the window as I pass.. there's so much to explore. So many places to alight and dwell in the ambiences that are on offer. This stop, in particular, is brilliant !
Without Handel and his great performers such as these splendid performers with exquisite skill and incomparable technique , we would feel that the classical music world is insipid like the taste of stale beer . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
This is indeed both exquisite and delightful! I attend performances of our local symphony orchestra, yet the dress and live dance make it much more appealing. In my mind, tis the trifecta: live, lovely music in costume, with dancing to boot. I watch this at least once per day. Thanks ever so much. By the way, the dancing is more challenging than it seems, and was the precursor to ballet. I took classes in contra dancing. All I can say is 'whew'!
I believe that the horns were played with their bells held high and the right hand was out of the bell at the time this was written. The horns are playing in the style that was common during Mozart's time with the bells down and the right hand used to stop the horn and get notes not in the normal overtone series. And the horns used are more like the ones used during Mozart's time. This may be why the horns perform so well. The performance is fantastic.
Wonderful 14 piece English Baroque Chamber Orchestra, playing on authentic Period Instruments. Absolutely fantastic! How much would it cost to hire them out to a private party, costumes & everything?
Notice how uniformly all the dancers are of the same height & weight!The wigs are especially well made & lend more of a sense of refined merriment.This is a lot more entertaining than twerking.
It's all very nice, but it's not actually authentic. This music was written to be played on barges on the Thames. It would have been impossible to have danced like this at the first performance . Ths first performance, in the presence of the new king from Germany, George I, is very well authenticated. No dancers.
