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August 2008 Newsletter
August 2008 newsletter
New Exhibition to Reveal Handel's Character, Shedding Light on his Work, Health, Friends and Life in London
"Handel Reveal'd" part of a major programme of events marking the 250th anniversary of the death of the great composer
Major Programme of Special Events in 2009 Marking the 250th Anniversary of the Death of Handel
To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, a programme of events, including BBC broadcasts, new music commissions, concerts, performances of rarely-heard works and a new exhibition will take place in 2009. At the heart of the commemorative events will be Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, Handel’s home for thirty-six years and the place where he died on 14 April 1759.
Applications invited for third Handel House Composer-in-Residence
Handel House Museum is seeking to appoint a Composer-in-Residence from September 2008.
March 2008 Newsletter
March 2008 Newsletter
Handel and the Divas
New exhibition tells the story of the original superstar divas, 30 April - 16 November 2008
December 2007 Newsletter
December 2007 Newsletter
When Handel Meets Hendrix - 2 September 2007
The Handel-Hendrix Experience is a fascinating comedy about a surprising meeting between musical revolutionaries Handel and Hendrix, who lived in adjoining houses on Brook Street in London but over two centuries apart.
Handel House Appoints New Composer-in-Residence for 2007/08
Handel House Museum, the first UK museum to appoint a Composer-in-Residence, is pleased to announce the new holder of the post for 2007-2008.
August 2007 Newsletter
August 2007 Newsletter
'Handel & the Castrati' Exhibition Commended at the Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence
The Handel House Museum's Handel & the Castrati Exhibition (31 March - 1 October 2006) has been commended at The Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence in the Temporary/Touring Exhibition category. The winners were announced on 9 May at the London's New Connaught Rooms.
Newly appointed Ensemble-in-Residence
Acclaimed early music group The Burney Players has been appointed Handel House Museum's first Ensemble-in-Residence.
New exhibition: Handel & Glyndebourne
It has only been during the 20th and 21st centuries that opera houses have re-discovered the attractions of Handel's operas and oratorios. After Handel's death in 1759, there were no staged performances of Handel's works until 1920.
World Premiere - Handel Meets Mozart meets the first Composer-in-Residence at Handel's house
An incomplete arrangement of a Handel fugue by Mozart (the autograph of which is on permanent display at Handel House Museum) will receive its Handel House Museum premiere on 11 June.
New Composer-in-Residence at Handel House
Handel House has chosen Mark Bowden to be its first ever Composer-in-Residence, a scheme which will continue to keep the House alive with musical creativity and performance, as it was in Handel's day over 300 years ago.
What Messiah Means to Me - exhibition has now closed
This exhibition has now closed.
'Battle of the Divas' at Handel House on Mother's Day!
Treat your mother to a very special concert for Mother's Day at Handel House.
The Coram Boy at the National Theatre - Ticket Offer
Handel House has teamed up with the National Theatre to offer a combined ticket deal to see the production of The Coram Boy, opening on 2 November, and to visit Handel House at any other time.
OPEN HOUSE AT HANDEL HOUSE - Sunday 18 Sep 2005
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Handel and the Castrati - a new exhibition for 2006
A new exhibition on Handel's part in the intriguing story of the operatic castrati opens at the Handel House Museum, Mayfair, London on 29 March 2006, running until 1 October 2006.