BBC Proms 2012 Water Music Suite Music for the Royal Fireworks

Prom 7: Handel Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks Royal Albert Hall Handels resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French periodinstrument 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 Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet conductor Proms debut artist 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 bigband, periodinstrument 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.