Amazingly it is 25 years since the Handel House (now Handel Hendrix House) opened in London and Handel Hendrix House is celebrating. There is a concert on 10 November at Handel’s parish church, St George’s Hanover Square which celebrates his music. The Brook Street Band and The London Handel Players are joining forces for a programme that features the Trio Sonata in B minor (HWV386), the Sonata in A major (HWV361) and the cantata Mi palpita il cor (HWV132c) with mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston.
Rather appropriately, Mi palpita il cor is one of the cantatas that Handel wrote in London, in the 1710s. Similarly the Trio Sonata in B minor was written in the 1720s (and published in 1733) and its final Allegro is linked to the Chandos Anthems, and the Sonata in A Major dates from a similar period.
For those wanting to make the evening that bit more celebratory, there is pre-concert reception at Handel’s home from 5.30pm before making the short walk to St George’s Church for the concert.
Handel Hendrix House’s new exhibition, Hallelujah House: Inside Handel’s HQ celebrates both 25 years since Handel’s house in Brook Street opened to the public and the way the house was central to Handel’s musical life [see my review]
Full details from the Handel Hendrix House website.
