Christmas with Handel

Available for 10 days

Hannah French visits Handel Hendrix House to explore how Handel may have celebrated his Christmases in 18th-century London. She's joined by the museum's Deputy Director Claire Davies, resident food historian Marc Meltonville and harpsichordist and conductor Laurence Cummings as they delve into the food, wine and music of Handel's festive seasons in Brook Street. With Yuletide music by Handel himself, alongside pieces by Johann Christoph Pepusch, Gottfried Finger, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michael Praetorius, JS Bach and Johann Christoph Pez, with a smattering of carols and wassail tunes thrown in for good measure. To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play The Early Music Show".