05 Jul SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 – WATER MUSIC

20.09.24 – Kruidtuin, Mechelen

During the Mechelen city festival Construct Europe, Casco Phil dances with Drones And Lights to atmospheric music, with illuminated drones forming breathtaking figures and patterns in the starry sky. This free spectacle, based on Handel’s iconic Water Music and other water-related compositions, offers an evening of musical wonder and visual poetry.

Program:
Claude Debussy – Syrinx
John Adams – Shaker Loops
Bedřich Smetana – The Moldau
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan (Carnaval des Animaux)
James Wood (arr. Haemhouts) – Fantasia on British Sea Songs (selection)
Georg Friedrich Händel – Water Music suite no. 1, 2 & 3 (selection)

Cast:
Orchestra: Casco Phil
Conductor: Benjamin Haemhouts