Now for our next piece music for the Royal Fireworks, we

have a very interesting background story for this piece.

George Frederick Handel on the contract of King George II

of England composed Royal fireworks music for a performance

featuring fireworks in London's Green Park on April 27th,

1749. Remember that day April 27th, 1749.

The festivities were a celebration of the end of the war

Austrian succession in 1848.

The occasion did not Go smoothly against handles will a full

rehearsal of the music took place at Vauxhall Gardens and

not in Green Park where it was scheduled on April 21st a

week before the actual concert, right?

This is a rehearsal over 12,000 people rushed to attend the

rehearsal and caused a three hour.

Traffic jam of Courage is on London Bridge the only route

to the area south south of the river That's just the beginning

of problems a few days before the performance the actual

performance George II went to Green Park to inspect the fireworks

Machinery the king also reviewed some Gunners who did demonstrated

how often they could discharge and charge a cannon in a minute

sadly while loading the sixth discharge something went wrong

and an assistant.

Don't Gunners right hand was blown completely off then King

ordered him 10 guineas and expressed a great deal of concern

for his Misfortune.

The night of the performance was rainy according to the derby

Mercury newspaper the performance started well at about 8:30

p.m. A few Rockets were sent up followed by the firing of

101 Cannon along Constitution Hill.

Then the fireworks began in Earnest watched by people crowding

wherever they could including on rooftops and on boats.

At 9:30 p.m.

The wooden building that was being used to launch the fireworks.

You guessed.

It caught fire quick Thinking by Carpenters pulling down

some Timbers stop the Flames from spreading across the entire

edifice, but what was already a light burned until around

2 a.m.

Another of the Rockets went off course and set fire to the

clothes of a young woman who escaped with minor burns after

Swift action from bystanders to strip her down to her underwear

never let it be said that the Brits don't know what to do

when it comes to saving a burning woman.

Two more Gunners were burned and one lost both his eyes after

yet. Another fireworks display went awry with almost no possibility

of setting this building on fire the Cupertino symphonic

band performs performs music for the Royal fireworks by George

Frederick Handel and arranged by Frank Erickson.