Fireworks Music
Georg Friedrich Händel / Stefan Taupe (arrangement)
A celebration for strings or winds or symphonic orchestra
Content and score samples: Ouverture (Adagio) · Ouverture (Allegro) · Bourrée · La Paix · La Réjouissance · Menuet I · Menuet II

Handel's Fireworks Music creates a splendid mood unlike any other piece of work from the baroque period. Both strings and winds can play this arrangement by themselves. In addition, strings with only a modest accompaniment of winds can produce a wonderful sound.

Each movement can be performed by itself, introducing or including any festive event. The performance is mainly easy. If there is no viola available, a third violin can take over its part.

The wind parts B flat I and II are designed for trumpet, but also suitable for clarinets. The soprano parts C I and C II (flute or oboe) can be enhanced or replaced by clarinets (B-flat III / IV). The French horn part is also included in E-flat (alto saxophone). The C bass part is designed for bassoon or trombone. In any case, a harpsichord (or piano) can participate, as well as timpani.

The degree of difficulty of the voices is generally easy to medium ... highest aim of the arrangers is - at all simplification - to maintain the substance of the original compositions as far as possible and to get as close as possible to their sounds.

nmz neue musikzeitung, April 1998

	string section	TM 1041 score, 3 x VI l, 3 x VI lI, 3 x VI III / Va, 3 x Vc / Cb, harpsichord	67,-	114,-
	symphonic orchestra	TM 1043 score, 3 x VI l, 3 x VI lI, 3 x VI III / Va, 3 x Vc / Cb, winds respectively 2 x C I / II, B-flat I / II, F / C-bass, timpani, harpsichord, alternative voices	111,-	189,-
	winds only-version	TM 1045 full score, winds respectively 2 x C I / II, B-flat I / II, F / C-bass, timpani, harpsichord, alternative voices	66,-	113,-