Music for the Royal Fireworks

Music

Among Baroque composer George Frederick Handel's most famous works, Music for the Royal Fireworks comes close to the top.

It was written as a commission for George II of Great Britain for London's Green Park fireworks in 1749.

The music celebrates the end of the war of the Austrian succession.

In 1749, King George II of Great Britain commissioned George Frederick Handel to compose music for London's Green Park fireworks.

The music celebrated the end of the War of the Austrian Succession, and it was popular from its first performance and has remained so.

This is the Royal Fireworks Suite, performed here by the Boston Baroque under the direction of Martin Perlman.

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Just as I thought, yes.

[laughs] So the other four double quartets you could have had are Allegro from the Music for Royal Fireworks.

Yeah.

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