London

London Handel Festival

When: 5 March – 10 April

Tel: +44 (0)7538 424370

Web: Halle has one, Göttingen has one and, in the city Handel called home for most of his life, there’s long been a tradition of Handel festivals, including the 19th-century gatherings at Crystal Palace brandishing a cast of thousands. Since 1978, his Parish Church of St George’s Hanover Square has been the hub of an annual celebration that this year tracks ‘Handel and the Hanoverians’. A ‘Mayfair and Marylebone Ramble’ and a Peckham Remix session punctuate a packed programme including the London premiere of.