The Essay Music in Its Time Music in Its Time - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks The spectacular state-of-the-art first performance of Handel's Royal Fireworks. 15 mins ...

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

Handel wrote this piece hoping that the sound would fill the huge space of Westminster Abbey. If you're a football fan you might recognise this music as a version of it is used as the theme of the ...