Mozart & Handel: Masterworks

Mozart & Handel: Masterworks

Handel: Water Music Suites
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Haydn: Overture to The Uninhabited Island
Mozart: Ballet Music from Idomeneo

Invitation to the Dance: Handel’s festive Water Music is inspired by English country dances. GRAMMY-winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell, noted for her “revelatory” version of the Water Music (South Florida Classical Voice), brings out the rustic flair that this music was meant to have. Mozart’s ballet music from Idomeneo is also based on baroque dances – a thrilling orchestral showpiece that is Mozart with a “baroque accent.”  A Sturm und Drang overture from Haydn and Mozart’s Overture to Marriage of Figaro round out this lively program.

Classical Kids & Teens: Kids and teens ages 5-18 get in free to all Masterworks concerts with Classical Kids tickets, thanks in part to the generous support of an anonymous donor. At least one paying adult purchase is required per order, and other restrictions apply. These tickets are available in advance only through The Florida Orchestra Ticket Center. For more information and tickets, call 727.892.3337.

George Frideric Handel 
(1685 – 1759)
ed. J. Sorrell
Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F Major
Allegro – Andante – Allegro
Air: Andante
Bourrée & Hornpipe

Menuet

George Frideric Handel 
(1685 – 1759)
ed. J. Sorrell
Water Music: Flute Suite in G Major
Rigaudons
Menuets I & II
Country Dance & Gigue

George Frideric Handel 
(1685 – 1759)
ed. J. Sorrell
Trumpet Suite in D Major
Loure
Allegro & Hornpipe
Bourrée

Intermission

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
The Marriage of Figaro Overture

Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732 -1809)
The Uninhabited Island Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
ed. J. Sorrell
Ballet Music from Idomeneo

Program Notes

Author Kurt Loft, freelance writer and former music critic for The Tampa Tribune, provides detailed and informative program notes about the pieces on this program. Click here to read online.

Printable Program

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Audio Program Notes

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