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Exhibition

Music for the King: The Concert of Antient Music

Foundling Museum, London
13 January - 8 October 2023

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This display in the Museum's Handel Gallery explores the 18th-century concert series, the 'Concert of Antient Music'.

After the rise of public concerts in eighteenth-century London, which generally featured the latest compositions, a group of the nobility established a new concert series, the ‘Concert of Antient Music’. This series focused on ‘ancient music’, defined as music composed at least twenty years earlier, and Handel’s music featured extensively.

The concerts were patronised by the nobility and gentry, including King George III, and became known as the ‘King’s Concerts’. The King was an ardent admirer of Handel’s music, and even instructed that an extra concert, a performance of Messiah, be given annually for the benefit of the Royal Society of Musicians.

This display explores the repertoire, performers and patrons of this exclusive concert series in the 18th and 19th centuries. Portraits of the most popular composers featured include Handel, Geminiani and Corelli, alongside the singers and other performers. Rarely seen items include the index of performances and payment records for performers, as well as letters, tickets and programmes of the concerts which benefited from the patronage of the King and the Royal Family.

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Foundling Museum

40 Brunswick Square, London, Greater London, WC1N 1AZ
020 7841 3600

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Sun 11am-5pm.

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