Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Laurence Cummings and Hanneke van Proosdij, harpsichords

The Minuets I & II from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351), arranged and performed by Laurence Cummings and Hanneke van Proosdij on two harpsichords. Live, HD video from the Göttingen International Handel Festival, 2014, and performed in the Aula of the University.
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[@nataliesera2358]

Using two harpsichords gives the piece more vitality than it might have with just one. I loved it!! :-)

[@VoicesofMusic]

Natalie Sera Thank you, Natalie, we had a lot of fun playing this :-)

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Thank you! I have never heard this played on dueling harpsichords. Great!

[@MizzKittyBichon]

+panzerabwerkanone It's a duet, not a duel.

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

Delightful harpsichord duet!

[@Marianofrv]

Los ame desde la primer nota. Gracias

[@haygraphics]

Love it!

[@davidstabile700]

wish had had opportunity to study using this insrtument

[@jasminemusic0817]

Great!

[@Zarrastro]

A question:
Are you altering the order of the pieces? It seems like you start in Menuet II, switch to I and then back to II. Is this right or am I missing something?
BTW this is one of my favorite videos on all of YT. Great job :)

[@VoicesofMusic]

It does sound different on two harpsichords, but we do play Menuet 1 first, then Menuet 2, followed by the Menuet 1 Da Capo

[@Zarrastro]

Then the recording I have of this switched the Menuet numbers :/
Thanks for the info :)