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Last year, the Fireworks Concert attracted over 250,000 people to various vantage points throughout the city.
BANK OF SCOTLAND
The Bank of Scotland has sponsored the Fireworks Concert since 1995 and has supported the Edinburgh International Festival since its inception in 1947.
PYROTECHNICS
Wilf Scott & Keith Webb, international fireworks artists, are designing the pyrotechnic display. It takes the team of 15 individuals six days to lay out all the fireworks including the famous "waterfall".
BIGGEST AND BEST
The Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert is the biggest event of its kind in Europe featuring four tonnes of explosives and over 100,000 fireworks are set off from the Castle.
FIREWORKS CONCERT REPERTOIRE OVER THE YEARS
1995
CONDUCTOR: Max Pommer
Choir: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
ORFF O Fortuna from Carmina Buran
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
BACH Allegro Assai from Brandenburg Concerto No 2
DVÒRÁK Slavonic Dances No8 Op46 No7 Op72
MUSSOURGSKY The Great Gate of Kiev
BEETHOVEN symphony No 5 - last movement Allegro
HANDEL Alleluja from "The King shall Rejoice" (encore)
1996
CONDUCTOR Gareth Jones
Choir: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
St Mary's Cathedral Choir
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus (encore)
1997
CONDUCTOR Brad Cohen
HANDEL La Rejouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks)
SHOSTAKOVICH Festival Overture
J STRAUSS Eljen a Magyar
SIBELIUS Finlandia
CHABRIER Espanna
J STRAUSS Radetzky March
J STRAUSS Thunder and Lightening Polka (encore)
1998
CONDUCTOR Andrea Quinn
PROKOFIEV Montagues & Capulets from Romeo & Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY Grand Waltz from Swan Lake
KHACHATURIAN Sabre Dance form Gayaneh
KHACHATURIAN Adagio from Spartacus
DELIBES Mazurka from Coppelia
SULLIVAN Grand Finale from Pineapple Poll
J STRAUSS Tritsch Tratsch Polka
1999
CONDUCTOR Nicholas Kok
GLINKA Overture, Russlan & Ludmilla
DVÒRÁK Slavonic Dance No8 Op46
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz, Sleeping Beauty
MUSSOURGSKY/RAVEL The Great Gate of Kiev
DVÒRÁK Slavonic Dance No7 Op72
STRAVINSKY The Firebird; Finale
STRAUSS Eljen a Magyar (encore)
2000
CONDUCTOR Nicolae Moldoveanu
TCHAIKOVSKY Russian Dance (Nutcracker)
Grand Waltz from Act 1, Swan Lake
Scene from Act II, Swan Lake
Mazurka (Swan Lake)
Dance of the Reed Flutes (Nutcracker)
Symphony No.4: Finale
Pas de deux, Swan Lake (encore)
2001
CONDUCTOR Garry Walker
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
GERSHWIN Overture, Girl Crazy
BARBER Adagio for strings
COPLAND Hoe Down from Rodeo
BERNSTEIN Overture, Candide
SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever!
2002
CONDUCTOR: Garry Walker
MUSSOURGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
2003
CONDUCTOR: Nicholas Kraemer
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
HANDEL Water Music
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
2004
CONDUCTOR: Alexander Briger
GRIEG Peer Gynt (extracts)
2005
CONDUCTOR: Garry Walker
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 7
2006
CONDUCTOR: Garry Walker
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet
2007
CONDUCTOR: Clark Rundell
BERNSTEIN Overture "Candide"
GERSHWIN Overture "Strike up the Band"
BARBER Adagio for Strings
IVES Three Places in New England
COPLAND Rodeo "Buckaroo Holiday"
SOUSA Liberty Bell
2008
CONDUCTOR: Matthew Halls
DVORAK Slavonic Dances (Excerpts)
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances (Excerpts)
