Royal Fireworks

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Let’s have a little fanfare, shall we? Handel composed his Music for the Royal Fireworks for a monumental occasion: the celebration of the end of an eight-year war and the signing of a treaty of peace. Per King George II, this triumphant music should have “no fidles,” so Handel wrote his festive Fireworks for a loud military band including 18 brass instruments and very few “fidles” (though he later revised the music to welcome strings back). Guest conductor Matthew Halls leads this 18th-century program, which begins with a breezy orchestral suite from Rameau’s opera dealing with Boreas, the god of the north wind. Muffat composed a series of five sonatas for chamber orchestra titled Armonico tributo (“Harmonic Tribute”); these concerts include the fifth in the series, which ends with an elaborate and lively passacaglia that Rameau loved so much he later reused. How you’ll feel: like standing and cheering; ready to bring back Rococo style

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Bradley Symphony Center

212 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203

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