The British Harpsichord Society promotes awareness, enjoyment, study, playing and ownership of harpsichords and related plucked keyboard instruments in Britain. Our aim is to create more public awareness and encourage more people to enjoy and play the harpsichord.
We arrange recital-meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, and other events on some Saturdays, at the Handel House Museum.
Membership is free: click here to join.
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Claviorganum built by William Mitchell currently on loan to Eton College.
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TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
at
Handel House,
A BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY RECITAL
'Bach, couperin & scarlatti'
(Christopher Bucknall: harpsichord)
Information: www.handelhouse.org
Tickets: £9/£7.50 concessions Booking 020 7399 1953
You are invited to join us for refreshments at a local hostelry after the recital. Everyone is most welcome!
TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER
at
Handel House,
A BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY RECITAL
'The eclectic harpsichord'
Exploring five centuries of inspirational music by Byrd, Frescobaldi, D'Anglebert, Handel, Thomé & Ligeti
(Kumi Matsuo: harpsichord)
Information: www.handelhouse.org
Tickets: £9/£7.50 concessions Booking 020 7399 1953
You are invited to join us for refreshments at a local hostelry after the recital. Everyone is most welcome!
The Society
Harpsichords, spinets and virginals are included. (Pianos, fortepianos and clavichords are not, but we are happy to point people to complementary organisations such as the British Clavichord Society or Friends of Square Pianos.)
Our website is intended to complement existing harpsichord resources, with both original material and links to other sources of information.
We arrange meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, featuring an early-evening harpsichord recital, as well as more extended events on some Saturday afternoons. Most appropriately, they are held at the Handel House Museum. Our recitals invariably sell out beforehand, so it is essential to make an early booking. The box-office is now open at Handel House with tickets available for the current series: 020 7399 1953.
Membership
Anyone with an interest or occupation related to the harpsichord is welcome: amateur or professional, music lover, performer, teacher, builder or collector. (The list is inclusive not exclusive.) The British Harpsichord Society membership list will not be published, but we will be pleased to be publicly associated with those members who so wish. Those on the brink of an interest in harpsichords are welcome, as are those with a lifetime of skill and experience, and all others in between. The focus is on Britain, but overseas members are welcomed where circumstances make membership of a UK organisation appropriate.
Click here to join. Joining the Society and continuing as a member cost nothing: there is no joining fee or annual subscription. The Society communicates via the internet: this costs very little. Arranging harpsichord concerts and visits involves some costs and some risks. Donations are very welcome to help make these possible, and to defray the expense of maintaining this website.
After joining, please do let us know if you change your email address.
Members can, if they are kind enough to do so, be most helpful in (for example) distributing our flyers at events or mentioning the British Harpsichord Society in programme notes; sending contributions to the Newsletter; making suggestions for the website; letting us know of events; advising us of other relevant harpsichord information, weblinks, resources (harpsichord images without copyright or with permission are very much appreciated); and spreading the word to contacts with harpsichord interests. We are always grateful for feedback: please use any of the email links.
The British Harpsichord Society is not in a position to pay anybody, but voluntary help is highly valued and will be publicly acknowledged, or not as you wish.
