La Rejouissance, or ‘Rejoicing’, is the fourth movement from Handel’s suite Music for the Royal Fireworks. Originally written for large wind band, the work was commissioned to accompany an outdoor fireworks celebration held in London’s Green Park in April 1749, to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle the previous year. The music proved to be more successful than the fireworks themselves - wet weather meant many of these did not ignite as anticipated. Several of the audience received burns and one of the pavilions was set alight.