24th Workshop of the Czech Handel Society

Wednesday 24 April 2019 at 6.00 pm.

Classroom No. 16 at ‘Vyšší odborná škola oděvního návrhářství a Střední průmyslová škola oděvní’ (Vocational High School for Clothing Design and Secondary Technical School for Clothing), Jablonského 3/333, Prague 7 – Holešovice, Czech Republic, close to the underground station ‘Nádraží Holešovice’ (line ‘C’).

Admission free.

Snacks & drinks available in vending machines on the premises of the School.

Programme:

Total Eclipse.
The Last Years
of George Frideric Handel

The lecture will be given by Pavel Polka, Chairman of the Czech Handel Society.

In commemoration of the 260th anniversary of the composer’s death.

Thomas Hudson (1701–1779): George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). Oil painting on canvas, 1756. 238.8 × 146.1 cm. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Inv.No.: NPG 3970 (1968). – On this picture, the composer is supposed to be blind or (more probably) partially sighted.

Further information at ‘info@haendel.cz’.