EVENING VISIT TO HANDEL/HENDRIX HOUSE, 25 BROOK STREET, LONDON W1K 4HB, INCLUDING RECITAL ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS

Wednesday 16 November 2016   6.30pm-8.30pm

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Although Handel was born in Germany in 1685, by the time he died in 1759 he was a famous Londoner. He moved into 25 Brook Street in 1723 at the age of 38 and stayed here for the rest of his life. All the paintings, prints and furniture in this house have been selected to put Handel’s life in London into context. 

This was Handel’s first home of his own. It was a suitable location for Handel’s work because it was close to the theatres in Covent Garden and Soho and to the Royal Family at St. James’s Palace. Brook Street was both residential and commercial with perfumers and apothecaries, gin shops and coffee houses nearby. Handel’s neighbours included a mixture of middle-class tradesmen and titled ‘people of quality’. 

Following drinks and canapes, members will enjoy and a recital of his music performed on period instruments, and a private tour of the rooms in which Handel lived and wrote his music. There will also be the opportunity to see Jimi Hendrix’s flat on the upper floors of 23 Brook Street which he moved into in July 1969 and furnished to his own taste. This has been recently restored by the Handel House Trust thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Cost: £25                                            

Limit: 25 members

Closing Date for applications: Friday 7 October 2016