| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 2-Jun-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | By royal appointment: Handel in Birmingham with the Academy of Ancient Music |
 How’s this for an original way of displaying one’s celebratory Union Flag? Strapped to the top of one’s contrabassoon! Apart from the absence of the National Anthem and horseracing, this concert gave us the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend in a nutshell, encompassing the solemnity and sovereignty of all four of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, the exuberance of the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and the pomp and pageantry of the Water Music.
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