London is a vibrant, culturally diverse and perpetually evolving city made up of a series of interconnected, but independent, neighborhoods. In all, London is broken up into 32 boroughs that make up what is known as Greater London. Within those 32 boroughs there are roughly 48 neighborhoods as some straddle between two boroughs.
Inside Handel Hendrix House: London’s Most Unique Museum
25.08.2023 - 16:57 / forbes.com / Charles Iii III (Iii)
One of London’s quirkiest museums is the Handel Hendrix House, adjoining Georgian townhouses that two of the world’s greatest musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix, used to call home. The museum has just reopened, after a major £3 million pound renovation has given access to all of Handel’s house for the first time, with a restoration of the basement and ground floor, which until recently was a luxury goods shop. The upper floors, first opened as the museum in 2001, have also been refurbished and enhanced to really give the visitor the feeling of entering the world of musical genius.
Packed with music memorabilia, history and even recorded music from Handel and Hendrix, for music lovers, this museum is the holy grail. Live music is also an exiting part of the museum, with a guitarist often playing in the Hendrix flat and classical recitals often in Handel’s house.
George Frideric Handel lived at 25 Brook Street from 1723 until his death in 1759 and it was here that he had the most commercial success. He wrote and rehearsed his greatest works, including Messiah with its popular “Hallelujah chorus”, perhaps the most famous piece of classical music ever written. His anthem “Zadok the Priest”, also written here, has accompanied the coronation of every British monarch since George II (for whom it was written in 1727), including HM King Charles III. Simon Daniels, Director of Handel Hendrix House says “as we saw at the Coronation, Handel’s music is as fresh and powerful as the day it was written and has the ability to inspire and move us. He is London’s great composer.”
All the historic rooms in the Handel house are presented as they might have been in the 1740s, when the composer was in a new burst of creative energy and had great commercial success writing dramatic oratorios. In the actual room where Handel composed Messiah, there’s a brilliant audiovisual display about the writing of the great piece. Throughout Handel’s house are recently acquired works of art to create a collection similar to the more than 100 works of art Handel owned in Brook Street.
Visitors start their tour in the recreated basement kitchen, exactly as it was when Handel lived there, thanks to carefully detailed research and an inventory made shortly after the composer’s death. On the ground floor are the parlours in which Handel would receive his guests and aristocratic patrons and where his assistant, J.C. Smith, sold tickets and subscriptions to new works. Upstairs, you’ll find Handel’s bedroom and a salon where he gave intimate preview concerts.
In 1968, Jimi Hendrix moved into the adjoining flat at number 23. Here, in the only place he said he felt truly at home, Hendrix entertained, inspired and collaborated with
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