Music for the Royal Fireworks
The work is restrained in its scoring, being composed only for strings, oboes, and "basso continuo". Despite the few performances "Berenice" received, the slow section from the overture, which became known as "The Minuet from Berenice", achieved popularity outside the context of the opera, as did the aria for Demetrio in Act Two, "Si, tra i ceppi". Handel used the theme of the sinfonia that opens Act 3 in the overture to "Music for the Royal Fireworks".