Proms 2012 Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks - BBC Proms

18 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall

22:15 Wed 18 Jul 2012 Next Event

Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

22:15 Wed 18 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Handel’s resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French period-instrument treatment.

Programme

- - George Frideric Handel
  - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major(26 mins)
  - Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major(10 mins)
  - Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major(10 mins)
  - Music for the Royal Fireworks(17 mins)

Performers

Hervé Niquet
Proms debut artist
Proms debut artist
Le Concert Spirituel

Composers

George Frideric Handel

About this event

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel make their Proms debut in this free Late Night Prom, giving Handel's three Water Music suites and Fireworks Music the big-band, period-instrument treatment. Niquet directs an expanded group of up to 80 musicians to evoke resplendent royal occasions on the River Thames and in Green Park, offering a new slant on London's favourite part pieces.

There will be no interval