Handel’s Water Music: 300 years
Heritage Open Day: Discover the music of composer George Frideric Handel, one of Britain's most celebrated eighteenth-century musicians and a major supporter of the Foundling Hospital.
At 11.00, Katharine Hogg introduces Handel's Water Music, first performed 300 years ago for a party on the River Thames. This talk outlines the story of the event, with descriptions from contemporary sources, to accompany the temporary exhibition on the Water Music.The oldest surviving score of the pi
Thu 7 Sep:1000-1700, Talk 1100. Free Entry.
The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ
Thu 7 Sep 2017