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3/5/2002

Events May 2002

Handel House Museum, London

Saturday 4 May, 10am - 1pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: The Handel Bag
Handel House Museum
Discover the Museum through individually designed activity packs including smells, puzzles and material. Handling Handel follow up activities available from the shop. Suitable for 6 - 12 year olds.

Free with admission. No need to book.

Saturday 4 May, 10am - 1pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: Costumes
Handel House Museum
Try on costumes similar to ones seen in portraits in the museum from corsets to frockcoats.
Free with admission. No need to book.

Sunday 5 May, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
PERFORMANCE: Ah, 'Tis London!
Handel House Museum
Join Poesia for costumed performances of works by some of our best loved eighteenth century poets.
Free with admission. No need to book.

Monday 6 May, 2pm
WALK: Where 'ere you walk
Meet at Handel House Museum
Blue Badge Guide Diane Burstein leads a walk on Handel's working London including the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket, Burlington House, St James's Palace and St George's Hanover Square.
£5. Tickets from Handel House Museum.

Saturday 11 May, 1pm and 2:30pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: J C Smith
Handel House Museum
A costumed actor portraying J C Smith, Handel's friend and pupil, will take you round Handel's rooms drawing you into the world of the composer and his times. Great for all ages.
Free with entrance to the museum. No need to book.

Thursday 16 May, all day
STUDY EVENT: Getting a Handel on Rameau
Handel House Museum
Peter Medhurst, music scholar and performer, unfolds the story of Handel's life in London through slides, contemporary accounts, and live music. Following a talk on music in 18th Century painting by Jo Hedley curator of the Wallace Collection, he will compare and contrast the life and work of Rameau.
Tickets: £23 (£18) includes coffee and guided tour of the Handel House Museum.
All bookings through the Wallace Collection on 020 7563 9551.

Sunday 19 May, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
PERFORMANCE: Ah, 'Tis London!
See Sunday 5 May.

Tuesday 21 May, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
MUSIC: Masterclass
Handel House Museum
Renowned conductor Jane Glover explores Handel's use of recitatives in opera in a masterclass with young singers.
Free with entrance to the museum. No need to book.

Thursday 23 May, 10:30am - 5:30pm
STUDY EVENT: The Eighteenth Century Stage: Theatre and Opera Georgian Group, 6 Fitzroy Square
Speakers include Professor Aileen Ribeiro, Courtald Institute, on costumes in Hogarth's Southwark Fair, Professor Christopher Baugh, Kent University, on Scenography and Bill Sellars, Manager of the Georgian Theatre Royal, on restoring and running a Georgian theatre in the 21st century.
Tickets £40 (£30 students) including lunch with wine.
Please send cheques to the Georgian Group; 6 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5DX. 020 7387 1720.

Saturday 25 May, 10am - 1pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: The Handel Bag
CHILDREN'S EVENT: Costumes
See Saturday 4 May.

Saturday 25 May, 1pm and 2:30pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: J C Smith
See Saturday 11 May.

Wednesday 29 May, 10am - 1pm
CHILDREN'S EVENT: The Handel Bag
CHILDREN'S EVENT: Costumes
See Saturday 4 May.

Friday 31 May, 10am and 11:30am
CHILDREN'S EVENT: J C Smith
See Saturday 11 May.

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Thursday Live
Thursday evening live music for May

The Handel House Museum is open until 8pm on Thursday evenings.

Informal recitals are held in the Performance Room during this time.

RECITALS: Free with Museum admission
(£4.50/£3.50/£2 children)

For advance credit card bookings, call 020 7495 1685.
Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

2 May, 6-8pm Julian Perkins, Harpsichord
Prelude and Fugue in G Major J.S. Bach
Toccata no 9, Book 2 Frescobaldi
Fantasia in C Major W. Byrd
Suite in A Minor Rameau

9 May, 6-8pm Handel, almost Handel, not Handel: Bernard Gordillo, Harpsichord; Asako Morikawa, Viola da gamba
Music of Handel, Leffloth, and Marais.

16 May, 6-8pm An evening of Handel's keyboard music: Neil Coleman, Harpsichord
Overture to Alessandro Handel
Fugue in C Minor Handel
Suite no.5 (The Harmonious Blacksmith Handel

23 May, 6-8pm Italy in Handel's time: Nadja Zwiener, Violin; Natalia Sitarz, Harpsichord; Matthew Jones, Theorbo; Harriet Wiltshire, Cello
Sonata op.4 No.1 in D major Francesco Geminiani
Sonata op.6 No.12 in D minor Pietro Locatelli
Sonata op.1 No.1 in G minor Francesco Maria Veracini
"La Follia" Arcangelo Corelli

30 May, 6-8pm London's Temple of Apollo: The Burney Ensemble - Ian Wilson, Recorder; Nadja Zwiener, Violin; Harriet Wiltshire, Cello; Kasia Tomczak, Harpsichord
Sonata No.1 in A major Thomas Erskine (Earl of Kelly)
Sonata No.5 in G major General John Reid
Autumn (from Airs for the Seasons) James Oswald Sonata in F Pepusch

Location: 25 Brook St, entrance in Lancashire Ct. Nearest tube: Bond St/Oxford Circus.

Open: Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-6; Thurs 10-8; Sun and Bank Hol Mon 12-6.

Admission: £4.50/£3.50 students, disabled, unemployed, OAPs/£2 children

To book for all Handel House Museum events, call 020 7495 1685 or pick up a leaflet.

Please note: The Handel House Museum will be closed on 1 May and 4 June.

The Handel House Museum
25 Brook Street London W1K 4HB

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