Sinfoniekonzert der Philharmonie Südwestfalen: Faszination Wasser

In the organizer's words:

Water is the basis of all life on this earth - many people feel the same way about music. It is universally understood as a language throughout the world. Over the centuries, many composers have dealt with this theme.

Handel had a very pragmatic reason for composing: the English King George I wanted music to accompany his boat trips on the Thames. He immediately liked the music so much that several numbers had to be repeated.
Around three hundred years later, Michael Daugherty recalls his family's trips to the Mississippi in Iowa in his tuba concerto.
Maurice Ravel dedicates three symphonic sketches to an entire ocean and Mendelssohn's overture contains the story of Melusine, who has to spend one day a week as a mermaid as punishment.

This concert impressively demonstrates how gifted the four composers are at transforming something as seemingly self-evident as water into sound!