Composers
Handel concerts in the UKGeorge Frideric Handel · 1685–1759
Handel was born in Halle, came to London in 1712 and became a British subject in 1727. Opera and oratorio for the London stage, the Water Music and the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and every December Messiah, sung in halls and churches across the country.
Where to startStart with Messiah, the Water Music or the Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Portrait: Balthasar Denner · Wikimedia Commons · public domain
Handel on the agenda39
Sat 15:00 · St Paul's Church · Cambridge
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Sat 17:00 · Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church · London
Mozart and Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
From £15.00
Sat 19:30 · St John's, Waterloo · London
Handel Messiah
Wed 19:00 · Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities · Oxford
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras: Handel’s Theodora
Tue 19:30 · BD16 2RH · Bingley
A Cathedral of Sound: Chamber Treasures from East | Free Classical Concert
Free
Fri 20:00 · St Giles Cathedral · Edinburgh
Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas
£16.50
Fri 20:00 · St Giles Cathedral · Edinburgh
Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas by Candlelight
Wed 19:30 · West Road Concert Hall · Cambridge
The Art of the Harpsichord
3Thursday 3 December2
4Friday 4 December1
5Saturday 5 December2
6Sunday 6 December1
7Monday 7 December1
8Tuesday 8 December1
12Saturday 12 December2
15Tuesday 15 December1
18Friday 18 December2
19Saturday 19 December1
23Wednesday 23 December2
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