George Frideric Handel (left) and King George I on the Thames River, 17 July 1717. Painting by Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (1819–88).
July 17, 1717, Britain’s King George I sails the River Thames on a barge with 50 musicians play publicly for the first time George Frideric Handel’s Water Music.
The English Bach Festival Dancer and The English Bach Festival Barock Orchestra