Armonico Consort: Handel's Fireworks

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Armonico Consort’s latest concert is a tribute to the music of George Frideric Handel and sees them performing anthems which the composer wrote for King George II’s coronation in 1727. Two of the works, Zadok The Priest and The King Shall Rejoice, are widely considered to be among the most powerful and evocative pieces ever composed for such an event. 


The programme also features Dettingen Te Deum. One of Handel’s most widely admired works, it was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphant return from the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. 
The composer’s famous Fireworks Music completes the line-up. The work was created in 1749, to accompany the royal celebrations for the ending of the War of the Austrian succession. 

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