Reich & Handel

Handel’s delightfully sumptuous Water Music is light-hearted festive music commissioned in 1717 by King George I to be played on a floating stage on the Thames. Here, it becomes an almost jarring companion piece to Steve Reich’s ominous The Desert Music from 1983, with its cautionary message about global nuclear war.

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Season: 2020/2021

The concert will be broadcasted live on Berwaldhallen Play and at Swedish Radio P2.

Approximate duration: 1 h 40 mins including intermission

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