Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel through holiday-time renditions of the Messiah's 'Hallelujah' chorus or his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Life and Music Handel was born in ...

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which launched the evening with the Ouverture from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks. The arrangement of Handel by Sir Charles Mackerras was splendidly multi-coloured without being ...

Set the dance to music - the ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’ by Handel would work well! Find out about how fireworks are used during the other festivals mentioned within the programme.