Politics may have prompted Chicago’s nickname, but wind and water are at the heart of its identity. Dame Jane Glover leads a program impishly inspired by our hometown, including a suite from Handel’s grand Water Music. Music of the Baroque's wind and horn principals move center stage in Hummel’s Bassoon Concerto and Mozart’s fourth Horn Concerto. Symphonies by Joseph Bologne and Joseph Haydn, both members of the mysterious Freemason Society, add to the intrigue.
HANDEL Water Music Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350 HUMMEL Bassoon Concerto in F Major BOLOGNE Symphony No. 2 in D Major MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 495 HAYDN Symphony No. 96 in D Major (Miracle)
Music of the Baroque Orchestra Dame Jane Glover, conductor William Buchman, bassoon Oto Carrillo, horn