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In mid July, at the height of Music Mountain's
concert season, the entire water supply was cut off. The main water pipe, deep in the ground since 1930, had burst. It was a logistical and financial disaster for the not-for-profit cultural insitution. When Christine Gevert, director of the Crescendo Baroque Orchestra, heard of the water crisis she offered the perfect musical solution: a benefit performance of Haydn’s “Water Music.” The concert will take place in Music Mountain’s Gordon Hall on Sunday, September 16, at 3 p.m. with Crescendo playing the complete Water score just as it was first performed in 1717 for King George I as he and his entourage sailed the River Thames, the musicians following on their own barge. The “Water Music” opens with a French overture and includes minuets, bourrees and hornpipes divided into three suites. The Crescendo Baroque Orchestra performs on period instruments of the 17th and 18th century using originals or modern replicas. Modern instruments have been altered to increase the volume and range. Tickets are $50 ($25 tax deductible) and available online at www.musicmountain.org or (860) 824-7126.