Based on Adagio E Staccato from Water Music by G.F. Handel

  • 2222/2200/pf/str(8.6.4.4.3)
  • Countertenor
  • 10 min

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Craig Armstrong's Themes and Variations correctly identified the timbre and operatic character of the Adagio e staccato from Handel's Water Music, reworking the figures into glassy dissonance, but defused the impact by adding the lyrics of The Communards' hit, "Don't leave me this way", and a melody of Beethovenian contours.
Anna Picard, The Independent
27th September 2009