Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2003/09

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: [kl] 2 oboes + 10 bassoons (was: Is Paris Burning?)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:18:56 -0400

Sometimes it's fun to poke around. With curiosity stimulated, and
since my copy of CD liner notes doesn't say much, I browsed for facts
about Handel's Water Music vs. Fireworks Music. One website says that
Handel's original Fireworks performance was a wind orchestra with 20
oboes and 10 bassoons and no strings, but later Handel relented and
allowed some strings.

I don't suppose anybody knows of a currently available recording with
<!boggle!> the original orchestration?

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