This piece opens with a long overture with sections labeled Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, and another Allegro and its final movements are two Minuets.
This piece opens with a long overture with sections labeled Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, and another Allegro and its final movements are two Minuets. The composer of this piece indicated which parts the strings should double for performances by standard orchestras, but the original version was for wind band, and Sir Charles Mackerras' 1959 recording was one of the first to use the required 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, and 18 brass. Its most famous movements are a Largo alla Siciliana and an Allegro, titled respectively La Paix and La Réjouissance. For ten points, the title display burned itself to the ground during the performance of what piece celebrating the end of the War of the Austrian Succession by Georg Frederic Handel?
This piece opens with a long overture with sections labeled Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, and another Allegro and its final movements are two Minuets.
Music for the {Royal Fireworks}