Synopsis

This evening marks the fourth installment in the weekly relay of the 90th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The program features two works by Handel. "The king shall rejoice," one of the four anthems composed for the coronation of George II in 1727, shares with its companion, "Zadok the Priest," a brilliance characteristic of Handel's choral and orchestral writing. "Music for the Royal Fireworks" commemorates the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, which concluded the lengthy War of the Austrian