River Thames
The Water Music composed by George Frideric Handel premiered on 17 July 1717, when King George I requested a concert on the River Thames. The concert was performed for King George I on his barge and he is said to have enjoyed it so much that he ordered the 50 exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip.
Recorder Sonata in C major, HWV 365 (Handel)
The Sonata in C major (HWV 365), for recorder and harpsichord, was composed (probably before 1712) by George Frideric Handel. The work is also referred to as "Opus 1 No. 7", and was first published in or shortly after 1726—in a collection of twelve sonatas titled "Sonates pour un Traversiere un Violon ou Hautbois Con Basso Continuo Composées par G. F. Handel"—purportedly in Amsterdam by Jeanne Roger, but now shown to have been a forgery by the London publisher John Walsh. Walsh republished this sonata in 1731 or 1732 under his own imprint in a similar collection, containing ten of the earlier sonatas and two new ones, with the new title "Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin With a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin Compos'd by Mr. Handel". Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxvii,15; and HHA iv/3,33.