Aulos Ensemble

As the royal barge of King George I of England floated down the Thames, a new composition

was performed of such beauty that the ecstatic monarch ordered it played three times over.

Relive that festive night in 1717 as 17 musicians perform Handel's Water Music Suites as

the king would have heard it--on period instruments and in its entirety. With artistic

vibrancy and technical brilliance, the ensemble extends the glorious evening with another

of the period's seminal works, Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, as well

as Georg Muffat's Sonata No. 5.

PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION: 6:45 pm

"...authentic Baroque performance at its best." --New York Times

PROGRAM: Georg Muffat: Sonata No. 5 in G Major from Armonico tributo; Johann Sebastian

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050; George Frideric Handel:Water Music

Suites (complete)