"The master of all masters": Handel's Water Music

The Philharmonic has effectively become THE Ruth Gipps orchestra of the United States, acknowledged as such both here and abroad. Having given the U. S. premieres of three of her five symphonies, the orchestra will present the fourth such premiere of her Symphony No. 1, a must-hear for lovers of 20th-century English music. In a performance featuring Seattle’s leading organist Joseph Adam, Benaroya Hall’s Watjen Concert Organ will give voice to Jeanne Demessieux’s Poéme for Organ and Orchestra, composed in 1949 and presented here in its U. S. premiere. A rousing version for modern symphony orchestra of George Frideric Handel’s Water Music will close the program.

GIPPS | Symphony No. 1 (U. S. premiere)

DEMESSIEUX | Poéme for Organ and Orchestra, Op.9

HANDEL | Water Music (orch. Harty)