London Handel Festival
The London Handel Festival is an annual music festival centred on the compositions of George Frideric Handel. The festival also features other composers.
It includes a Handel Singing Competition.History
It was founded by Denys Darlow, who was succeeded as musical director in 1999 by Laurence Cummings. Since 2011 Cummings has combined his work in London with the artistic directorship of the Göttingen International Handel Festival in Germany.Venues
A regular venue for concerts is the church the composer attended, St George's, Hanover Square, near his home on Brook Street. The original organ was completed in 1725, but although the case survives, the instrument has been rebuilt more than once. A chamber organ by Goetze and Gwynn has also been available to the festival.
Productions of Handel operas are often given at the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music. The venue has 400 seats.
In 2019 there was a joint production of Berenice at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre, a studio theatre of a similar size to the Britten Theatre.
