Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351 - Handel for All 4K

[@Invictus357]

I first heard the music for the Royal Fireworks when I was 8 back in the 60’s, and it was a revelation to a young man who had grown up with the Beetles etc, I could not believe what I was hearing, and started a lifetime love affair with Baroque music, and especially George Frideric Handel. I still have the record to this day.

[@bb1457]

Very much agree

[@violjohn]

Similar for me; still think he is underrated even though he is so popular now!

[@wilhelm-z4t]

Amazing! I had a similar epiphany when I was 8 years old. I heard a performance of Messiah, and that was that. I was hooked. I love the Baroque, and Händel is THE absolute Titan of not only the Baroque but of Music.

[@GertOverweg55]

Great !!! IAM 68 now

[@helinajokinen5514]

Baroque music is wonderful... Handel especially 💙🎶

[@mietzmutz78]

Wundervoll, welch Leidenschaft und Freude!

[@RoberttAvro]

"A Grand Overture of Warlike Instruments" as Handel's masterpiece was presented at the time. After all the King had specifically said..."no fiddles." On that first performance he used 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, 9 horns, 9 trumpets and 3 drums. He added the strings later for the next performance of the work at his charity concert for the Foundling Hospital on May 27th, 1749. Reference: "Handel in London, the Making of a Genius" by Jane Glover, MBE.

[@micheltanaka2420]

Are you saying subsequent performances were... fiddly? 😁😁😁😁😁

[@lourdesfs]

Flaidey , em português.

[@Attingham]

Stringing us along?! 😮

[@maestroclassico5801]

Handel kinda composed one of the first great Band pieces....only it's usually performed with Strings.

[@RoberttAvro]

@@maestroclassico5801 lol. I never really thought of it that way, but yeah, that's true.

[@MsLeesan]

The first time I heard this, I knew it had to be my wedding march; just perfect.

[@tally1hawk]

Processional = Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Soloman). Recessional = Rejoicing (Royal Fireworks)

[@michaelzurkinden116]

Of you go 😂

[@raspillade6027]

I have my coworkers play this every time I show up for work. Joyous.

[@ericoiesen9832]

I’ve watched this video multiple times - what an excellent rendition! By the end, you want to high five the entire group and buy the first round 👍👍

[@megbailey8567]

First time I have heard this rendition... it will certainly not be the last time

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

​@@megbailey8567had to hear it 10 times in a row !😊🎉

[@markherron1407]

George Handel is 2 of Diamonds ♦♦Happy Birthday to George Handel REST IN POWER Blessings and Hugs 👑💜

[@evconprim4639]

What an all-encompassing soul-stirring, goose-bump inducing feast for the ears! I listen to this at least once a week, best enjoyed with eyes closed, at loudest volume, reclining in my car with the windows rolled up. Every musical section played alone would fall short, but in convergent succession, trading off the spotlight, the crisp trills of the trumpets, steady notes of the horns, the smooth fluidity of the strings, the tinkly harpsichord, steady undernotes of the tenor and bass cellos, peppy joining of the woodwinds, commanding entrance of the drums, all swelling to a great emotion-filled crescendo that doesn't get much better than at 13:06 ("La Rejouissance"). The music has life of its own. Another ethereal experience brought to you, courtesy of western civilization and the genius of George Frederic Handel. There is little more you could hear that rivals the majesty of this piece. Bravo, brava, bravissimo!! I

[@TheEnglishconcert]

Wow! Thank you for such an amazing comment. So delighted to read this is bringing you so much enjoyment! :-)

[@kathrynwallenstein451]

The music is magnificent; the musicians are beautiful, both their playing and their faces; their engagement and their organicity, their unanimity. Amen !

[@rlewis1946]

@@kathrynwallenstein451 Their expressive faces, indeed!

[@orcharddweller1109]

Sorry, I tried, all I can hear is fussy diddly dee sounds. I just cant hear anything pleasing in it. Why is it that you can and I cant?

[@billymeyer99]

The natural horns and trumpets are not only beautiful to look at but also sound superb.

[@gangflow9139]

These are not natural trumpets

[@billymeyer99]

@@gangflow9139 not even the horns? Anyway they are very sculptural and sound amazing

[@gangflow9139]

@@billymeyer99I’m not sure if they have holes or not. It seems like they might have at least one under the right thumb, but I don’t know enough about horns. Anyway, the trumpets have holes, they are definitely modern instruments. But I agree with you: it sounds great!

[@TheMovieCreator]

@@gangflow9139 A lot of the horns and trumpets available at Händels time were indeed made with holes for adjusting intonation a little bit. This is to make some of the pitches in the "Natural" harmonic series more in tune with the common diatonic scale. In short, using the holes right will make previously unusable "harsh" overtones sound passable enough to be used. Still not enough for actually changing the tones in the horn, so free chromatic play is completely off the table - hence the need for multiple tuning-loops!

[@kevwang0712]

@@TheMovieCreator True, but these did not serve the same function as the vent holes used in modern-day baroque trumpets (as opposed to natural trumpets that have no vent holes at all). Modern day vent holes are bored at specific places on the tube where nodes in the standing wave form, when the finger is released, nodes will not be able to form at those locations, which means that certain harmonics are unable to be played, thus making playing easier while also changing the nature of the harmonic series that can be played.

[@GermanGreetings]

I never heard Handel in this wonderful shiny way. The old/original instruments are of course one building brick... the orchestra, the conductor... Well done !

[@maximilienbrenard553]

Je ne connaissais pas non plus Ce morceau. Ni trois instruments . Superbe !

[@helmuthmairl4236]

genau so muss es klingen. Kompliment!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Handel’s music can wash our souls This will quench and moisturize the dryness of the soul

[@alunderwood5903]

The triumph of heaven in your ears

[@anibalconcha6612]

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE!

[@alekssurikov9796]

Очень потрясён этой музыкой, слышал Генделя не раз и думал, что знал эту мелодию, но теперь знаю, что знаю мало. Великолепно и по-королевски ярко! Все на своем месте и в свое время! -талант на-лицо!

[@erlingarrascue3886]

Unos de las versiones es el cd de reader digest de Handel (viene 3 discos)

[@EduardoSanchezGauto]

I was really impressed not only by the impressive quality of the music, but also by the sheer joy shown by the musicians. Bravo!!

[@danielfryer9693]

I wholeheartedly second this! joyous music, joyous musicians - perfection! Thank you 🙂

[@thephantomeagle2]

Hearing Handel on period instruments is so inspiring. Amazing rendition. I can’t help but notice that the bows for strings are baroque as well.

[@michaelpatrick7256]

The effect of the period instruments is incomparable. So very pleasing to the ear.

[@desallen2174]

As fresh today, as when Handel wrote it 249 years ago. Can't say that about many modern artists.

[@UpLevelYourGame]

Saylor Twift?

[@desallen2174]

Spooner lives OK.

[@helenchelmicka]

tbf most modern artists aren't 250 years old 😋

[@paulwaite1253]

Why do i find this music so moving and exciting? This ensemble seems to play at exactly the right tempi. Fast enough to get the heart racing, yet not rushed, lovely and slow in places where the 'pomposo maestoso' needs a full rein to bring out the grand majestic sounds. . wonderful. . simply wonderful . . perfect. . 🥰🤗🎵🎶

[@TheEnglishconcert]

Delighted to hear you enjoyed our performance so much! Thank you!!

[@paulwaite1253]

😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉

[@christianwallgren1687]

This well known and loved piece is unbelievably well performed with the beautiful sound of old instruments. Not to forget the brilliance and mastery of the greatest composers ever.♥

[@ersikillian]

Of course, a truly authentic rendition would have the entire stage go up in flames with fireworks exploding in all directions. Which is, in fact exactly what happened.

[@paulwaite1253]

😂 Well you can't have everything... That degree of authenticity, would certainly be a step too far..😄

[@gargle99]

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[@eurgoloo]

An extraordinary and beautifully played performance. Everything is exquisite. What a great gift is being offered to us. This extraordinary project is honoring one of the greatest composers of all time. Thanks to "The English Concert" for this monumental legacy. 👏👏

[@normanbonk8064]

❤❤❤❤ looove Handel! Prayers.

[@Tuscanskipper]

You guys sure aced that. I really do think that was the best performance of the work I have ever heard. I have heard a lot!

[@jontpt]

I'm a professional trumpet player but i can only dream of being able to play at this level. It's just astounding!

[@jemerlia]

Wonderful! No diminution in spirit from the Archiv recording of decades ago. Further words are incapable of meaningfully describing this performance. From a general perspective, an oasis of enlightenment in a World Hell bent on descent into neolithic pandemonium and existentially threatening conflict.

[@angeliner59]

Wow, what a performance! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤❤❤❤

[@colinmoore9409]

Always stirring and majestic. Well played!

[@behindasportscamera_ke7491]

Best variation I have heard. The trumpets sound amazing😄

[@catherinejones9396]

This suite and the Water Music suite have always been memorable for me. I heard them at my aunt's house first in the late forties when I was about seven, and enjoyed them both so much my poor father had to buy me records of both for Christmas. Buying Handel records back then, immediately post WW2 in Australia was no easy task, but bless him he found them. Thanks for this terrific download with the old instruments in force and so very well played too.

[@Beaguins]

Splendid! Excellent expression and really cool instruments!

[@eddiebeato5546]

Delightful, wonderful and magnificent!!! This music seems to energize me for the task of life! Thank you!

[@karolw.5208]

A grand performance that lifts an old soul.

[@desallen2174]

I stand in awe, listening to this.

[@heikeott3109]

Absolutely great music and musicians Thank you so much for bringing IT to us and into the world❤

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

Thanks be to God for giving G F Handel the inspiration to compose this music, and for giving these musicians the necessary skills to perform this music, and for giving us the necessary faculties that enable us to enjoy it!

[@valtergilenardi2639]

Fantastic Handel 👑🎼 🎹🎹🥁🎺🎺🎺🎻🎻🎻📯🎶🎶🎶🎶❤

[@csiki_trumpet]

Glorious trumpets🎉

[@merrowyndeacon5129]

Terrific playing of Handel. How they can play those brass instruments so well is just amazing. Merrowyn

[@thephantomeagle2]

Especially considering the difference between modern brass and period brass is huge. The strings here are Baroque, but I have the advantage of having a mother that was an orchestra 2nd violinist. I can see these are baroque stings instantly, but only due to the fact that my mother has played one. I still live in the 120+ year old brick mansion she bought partially for chamber music. Therefore it’s easy for me to spot baroque instruments of all types. She once has a small groups of people here that has baroque violins, viola, cello, and even a horn. They played Bach, Bach and more Bach.

[@alfredoboso6361]

love and total beauty. I love you all one by one

[@petermayes8764]

Wonderful music-making by great musicians. So happy to have stumbled upon this. Now subscribed.

[@CV-wo3qm]

Absolutely stunning performance. Never heard it so beautifully interpreted and played in my life. And those trumpets!

[@tonydevoy2760]

Simply magnificent! Thank you.

[@joedeegan3870]

A joyful experience !!!

[@adenekanadekunle6305]

This is a near perfect rendition of one of the greatest soul-inspiring compositions by G. F. Handel. Indeed, the composition proved to be fireworks with tangential affiliations to our souls and spirits.

[@victormanueljara7206]

Grandioso, imponente, el mejor alimento para el espiritu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomaswinter9546]

Sehr schönes Konzert

[@jontpt]

This is one of the finest performances of *anything* I've ever heard!

[@talex7473]

Absolutely wonderful. I can listen to this all day everyday! Thank you!

[@snleitej]

Magnífica musica de Handel, parabéns a toda orquestra, de Salvador na Bahia Brasil envio votos de longa vida a música barroca.

[@gustavs9]

Very balanced and great performance

[@tartinitrumpet]

phenomenal trumpet playing

[@CanalPisco]

Great sound; Amazing The woods (oboe and basson) sound magnific. I loved the horns

[@The15061946]

einfach faszinierend diese Interpretation, diese Musik von Händel..................

[@adsuur]

Really good performance!

[@ducklein]

Fabulous performance! I wish the camera person wouldn't shift views so quickly.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This is absolutely amazing Handel’s music is comfortable to the ear and to the mind

[@andredicke3866]

Yess but don't forget Albinoni please , so easy 🎶in the hearing 👌 with musical regards from Holland 🇳🇱

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@andredicke3866 Thankyou From A corner of Tokyo 🎎🐝🏯🍣🍜🎍🍇🎏👹🍓🗡️👺🎋🎴🥢⛩️🍢🥋🍒🍥🗻🍄🌊🎑🌾🐮🔪🌸💮👘🍾🏮🎌🇯🇵 these Emoji絵文字 are things unique to Japan

[@demcadman]

I want this played whenever i enter a room. 😅🎉❤

[@KarrasK5]

I got it! 😂

[@IngeAquarius2501]

Thank you for this wonderful concert. My all-time favourite. ❤ To my someone: You know how and what I feel ❤❤❤

[@stickom]

Wow, what an intro!!!!! I feel like King George (or Luis...) ebb away from Buckingham palace down the river Themes with all these horns and balladeers.. LOVE IT!!!!

[@giuliopft]

this is definitely the best rendition I've ever heard! wonderful!

[@michaelzurkinden116]

Trevor Pinnock is smiling somewhere ….. Bravo!

[@AlexSantosLatino]

Great work Sir Handel❤

[@apimentaf64]

congratulations on the beautiful work!

[@oriovaldopaula4023]

orquestra muito bem afinada nota 10 PARABÉNS.

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

😮Thaaat tempo ! - Congrats 😊

[@markusklemm7911]

absolutely excellent. thanks for making this available free.

[@MrJpocreva]

you guys are awesome!

[@Daniel-mq7rd]

Superbe interprétation, du relief, de la puissance et de la profondeur comme j'aime !...

[@carlotamestanza2602]

Superb!! Absolutely wonderful!

[@joedeegan3870]

Magnificent !!!

[@johnarthur5238]

Amazing performance.Never have heard better. Bravissimo!

[@whispersillence6527]

Zeer mooi, één van de betere versies. Ik geniet

[@hartmanthehornplayer7343]

I've been a union horn player for almost 50 years, played with many celebrities, major symphonies, etc. I've never seen horns held upright that like that. Must be really hard to learn (the angle of the mouthpiece is critical) and it sure produces that 'barking hound' sound of the old horns. You can't tell from the video how great that sounds in a good room. The lady horn player likely has a nickel of silver allergy and is using a plastic rim on her mouthpiece (that black ring). It's not likely they had those in the early 1800's..but who cares. They sound great!

[@ELIAZARTV]

FABULOSA MUSICA QUE SIEMPRE QUE VEO LOS JARDINES DE LA GRANJA DE SAN ILDEFONSO EN SEGOVIA ME LLEVAN A ESTA MUSICA.

[@DanielMessiasSantos-gy8bk]

You English, and musicians really practice the great art..."To be or not to be"😊

[@ivofibioli3560]

Magnifico

[@ВикторСтороженко-у7л]

Вот где единый сплоченный дух, музыкантов.

[@DonnaGisellaTranchel]

Magnificent!!!💙💙💙💙💙🦩

[@josemarcosdemendonca6585]

Beautiful

[@patricknataf5267]

Une musique bienfaisante et roborative !

[@buddys_dad]

HIP has come a long way since the 80s

[@daviddavenport9350]

Beautiful handling of the Nuotes inegales in the Minuet I.....subtle, just a lilt as it should be.

[@nickk6518]

Quite by chance, I saw this performed by the Sydney Youth Orchestra (I think), who were on a barge moored in Manly Cove, just by Manly Wharf on the north shore of Sydney Harbour. Along with the fireworks, just to add drama. the performance was accompanied by a backdrop of dark skies and lightning way out west of Sydney.

[@hermoglyph2255]

Does the 144 bus still go to Manly Wharf?

[@nickk6518]

@@hermoglyph2255 You would need to ask a local about that, as I took to ferry to Manly from Circular Quay.

[@Longtack55]

I'm considering this as the opening fanfare to my forthcoming wedding. The title isn't the most pertinent feature although I'm sure my guests will consider it portentous. I'm 71 and Doro is 59, we've been together 10 years - what could possibly go wrong?

[@sarribel]

Goose bumps❤❤❤

[@AdamHWarren]

Tirelessly enjoyable, and empathetic camera work. Bravi!

[@ruggy6668]

SUPER.

[@trombaclassicsff]

Brilliant!

[@izzybeth]

can't take my eyes off the concertmaster! her movements are so huge, she's easier to follow than the conductor 🤭😬

[@robertferguson708]

That is who they would follow.

[@danielhenriquesorucoolivei4570]

Magnífico!!!!

[@ojtrumpet]

Great performance! Btw, I see Mark Bennett and Stian Aareskjold on trumpets (in the midle). Who are the other two? Sorry - I saw their names in the credit list: Simon Gabriel and Simon Munday.

[@Primo-s4o]

GREAT DRUMMER 🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

[@DinishaPriyangani]

Nice ❤

[@shin-i-chikozima]

ヘンデルの王宮の花火の音楽はまるで葛飾北斎の頃から人々に見られ称賛されていた隅田川花火大会のテーマ曲のようです。 ヘンデルがあの世から日本の様々な花火の打ち上げを観て「玉屋❗」「鍵屋❗」と叫んでいるようです。 真夏の夜空に花咲く色鮮やかな優雅で豪華な花火の花は日本の特有の美学そのものです。 ぱっと咲いてぱっと散る。 日本の美学そのものです。

[@JorgeEdgardoManríquezmeneses]

Yo con toda mi humildad. Tanbien me pongo de pie. Al igual que el Rey de Inglaterra en aquella oportunidad. Escuchando Esta Musica para los Reales juegos de Artificios

[@salvadorcalaf9590]

SUBLIM, MAJESTUOS ,UNIC ES UNA GRAN SATISFACCIÓ ESCOLTARLA...GRAN, I MAREVALLOSA ORQUESTRA SINFONICA. ❤ DESDE ST FELIU DE LLOBREGAT. BARCELONA. CATALUNYA SALUTACIONS..

[@FirstLAST-hu6ev]

All hail King Jesus!

[@ЮрийЗаславский-ю5к]

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