Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (with Le Concert Spirituel)

Royal Fireworks at Chambord Castle, French ensemble Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Hervé Niquet Watch the full concert playlist: Subscribe to EuroArts: Georg Friedrich Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks 0:00 Overture 7:40 Bourrée 9:42 La Paix 11:22 La Réjouissance 13:33 Menuets 1 & 2 Under the direction of Hervé Niquet, 70 musicians gave a spectacular performance Handel‘s Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks preceded by the most celebrated movement of Marc- Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum, now universally known as the signature tune of Eurovision. The music brings to mind the splendour at the court of King Louis XIV, who sojourned in Chambord on several occasions.