Live Music

Handel and the Emerald Isle (SOLD OUT)
Bridget Cunningham performs a harpsichord recital featuring Handel's finest keyboard writing and operatic arrangements and 18th-century Irish music linking to Handel's visit to Dublin in 1742.

Music for Two Harpsichords (SOLD OUT)
Harpsichord duets on both of the Handel House Harpsichords - the double manual Colmar Ruckers and the single manual Smith Cole. With John Henry and Nicholas Lane.

Passion and Reason
Chris Orton (recorders) and Laura Tivendale (harpsichord) explore some of the most dramatic and passionate repertoire for recorder and harpsichord. With works by Handel. J.S. Bach and Charles Dieupart.

Fragrant Flora (SOLD OUT)
Baroque Encounter Trio present a programme welcoming the arrival of spring. Works will be drawn from English folk songs, Handel and Pepusch’s spring cantata ‘Fragrant Flora’.

Bach and His Sons (A British Harpsichord Society Recital)
Claire Williams (harpsichord) presents music by WF Bach, CPE Bach, JC Bach and pieces from the 'Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach'.

Laughter and Tears
Evocative arias and instrumental music reflecting Handel's passions, moods and emotions through music.

The New Atlantis
Handel House will become a 'sound house' tonight with each room becoming an individual performance space to be experienced in a promenade-like fashion. Expect a mix of period repertoire and contemporary electro-acoustic works alongside a new work for electronics and harpsichord from Handel House Composer-in-Residence Duncan MacLeod.

The Birth of Violoncello
Nikolay Ginov (baroque cello) and Asako Ogawa (harpsichord) explore the early repertoire for violincello including works by D.Gabrielli, Jacchini, and Vivaldi.