The year 1717 in music involved some significant events. Events March 26 – Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his Weimarer Passion at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in Gotha July 13 – Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries. July 17 – George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed on the River Thames. August – Handel becomes house composer at Cannons. December 26 – Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan opens as an opera house. Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. Celebrated castrato Gaetano Berenstadt visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo. Classical music Tomaso Albinoni – Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, T. So 32 William Babell – Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons Johann Sebastian Bach 6 Kleine Präludien, BWV 933-938 5 Kleine Präludien, BWV 939-943 Violin Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014 Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016 Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 Violin Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018 Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1019 Pietro G.G. Boni – Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 1 François Chauvon – Tibiades François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, book 2 Charles Dieupart – 6 Sonatas for a Flute and a Through Bass Johann Friedrich Fasch – Brockes-Passion, FaWV F:1 Christoph Graupner – Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güte, GWV 1103/17 Georg Friedrich Handel Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno, HWV 109a Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132b O be Joyful in the Lord, HWV 246 In the Lord I Put My Trust, HWV 247 Have Mercy upon Me, O God, HWV 248 O Sing unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a O Praise the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254 The Lord is My Light, HWV 255 Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, HWV 302a Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 314 Water Music HWV 348-350 Trio Sonata in C minor, HWV 386a Jacques Hotteterre – Suite in G major, Op. 6 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Sonatas, Op. 5 Marin Marais – Pièces de viole, Livre 4 Pierre-Danican Philidor – 12 Suites, Opp. 1-3 Georg Philipp Telemann Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch, TWV 1:634 (formerly BWV 218) Herr, sei mir gnädig, denn mir ist Angst, TWV 1:769 Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte, TWV 1:816 Sehet an die Exempel der Alten, TWV 1:1259 Antonio Vandini – Cello Sonata