George Mathew conducts the incredible Handel's Royal Fireworks Music!

Singapore-Born Indian Conductor George Mathew (yes that's really an Indian name) teams up with the Brooklyn Philaharmonic to bring Handel's Royal Fireworks Music (Choreographed) to Manhattan (@ Pier 17). Imagine for a moment, "the incredible music of Handel, performed live to a spectacular 20-minute fireworks display launched from two barges into the skies above lower Manhattan and Brooklyn!"

When: Saturday, June 16

8 p.m. Brooklyn Philharmonic/9:15 p.m. The Spectacular Target Fireworks!

Where: South Street Seaport (Lower Manhattan)

Pier 17- Fulton & South Streets

How to get There: BY SUBWAY- 2, 3, 4, 5, J, Z, or M to Fulton Street; A C trains to Broadway-Nassau; or E train towards Fulton Street. PATH Train to World Trade Center stop. Walk East on Fulton Street to Water Street. Walk towards the waterfront to South Street Seaport. http://www.southstreetseaport.com/html/

"New York-area residents will experience a rare treat on Saturday, June 16, as Brooklyn Philharmonic (under the baton of Singapore-born Indian conductor George Mathew), performs Handel's Royal Fireworks Music synchronized to an spectacular fireworks show above the East River.Part of Target Children’s Day & Fireworks at South Street Seaport, the event marks the New York-area’s only known symphony performance of the summer in which classical music is accompanied by choreographed fireworks."

This unusual choreographed fireworks-concert includes works by Handel, Mendelssohn, Gluck, Bartok, and Rossini. It's the grand finale of a whole day of fun events at South Street Seaport. The fireworks show is produced by Zambelli (one of the country's oldest family-run fireworks companies) and all events at the "Target Children’s Day & Fireworks," day-long event are free of cost to the public.

For more info you can call 212-SEA-PORT or visit: http://www.southstreetseaport.com/html/

To read more about the incredibly talented, and philathropic composer George Mathew click here to read "Orchestral Manouvres-The rise of the fund-raising philharmonic supergroup," an article in the New York Magazine on him:

http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/26039/