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Podcast: London History
Episode: 57. The Gerald Coke Handel Collection
Description: The Gerald Coke Handel Collection is the biggest private collection of Handel memorabilia in the world and is on display at the Foundling Museum.
Katharine Hogg is the Librarian of the Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum, where she has worked for over 20 years and will be sharing her vast knowledge and deep love for the Collection.
We cover the charity benefit concerts Handel did and how he reworked an unknown piece to make it a sensational hit which is still widely performed across England to this day. Find out how much a...