MSB - Allegro Deciso from Handel’s ‘The Water Music’ (arr Collins)
This excerpt from a series of short pieces known as Water Music, was first performed July 1717 in London on the Thames River at a water festivity attended by King George I. This party involved hundreds of boats and barges. As the musicians performed on a barge which traveled with the party, the king was so pleased with what he heard that he requested the music be played at least three times that evening.
