Last night Hyde Park was the setting for a Handel fireworks extravaganza. Marking the Handel tercentenary year and the 400th anniversary of the City of Westminster, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, leader Barry Griffiths, conducted by Andre Previn, played by the Serpentine, Handel's Overture in D minor (arr Sir Edward Elgar) Water Music Suite (arr Sir Hamilton Harty) Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr Sir Hamilton Harty) all the movements from the last two works being illustrated by firework displays, mounted with the assistance of nine tons of equipment and five miles of cable.
Introduced by Robert Walker
Given in association with the Royal Bank of Scotland