Handel/Music for the Royal Fireworks-Abaca String Band

This is the Bourrée, La Paix: Largo alla siciliana, and La Réjouissance: Allegro - from George Frideric Handel's "The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351)", written in 1749 to celebrate the signing of a peace treaty ending the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. Originally for Orchestra, Handel also did an arrangement for Violin and Harpsichord. The Abaca String Band was founded in 1991 by Andrew Schulman. The members of the group are Schulman, Music Director/8-String Guitar, Robert Zubrycki/Violin, Tamara Volskaya/Domra-Mandolin, Julie Goodale/Viola, Bradley Lovelace/Double Bass. Recorded at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego, CA, on October 22, 2008. Music arranged by Andrew Schulman Videography by Gary Stoefen For Concert Bookings Contact: http://www.a-c-t-s-inc.com/ For more info about Abaca String Band: http://www.abacaproductions.com/ Andrew Schulman plays solo guitar every Wed-Fri at the InterContinental-The Barclay, New York City http://tinyurl.com/29vjh4 Guitar by Darren Hippner (Point Roberts, WA - 2008) http://www.hippnerclassicalguitars.com/ Violin by Giovanni Battista Grancino (Milan - 1700) Domra by Igor Vladimirovich Yemelyanov (Moscow - 1975) Viola by A. Aurelio (Rome - 1920) Messenger Bass by John Knutson (Forestville, CA - 2003)