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The Foundling Voice 15 October 2021   Discover our latest season of music Take a look at the musical offerings we've got coming up This autumn and winter, join us for packed schedule of concerts taking place in the Museum. We're excited to welcome you back in person, and our line-up is sure to delight music lovers wanting to enjoy live performances once again. Pick a tune   London Handel Festival Prize-Winners Recital with Bloomsbury Festival 18:00, Sunday 24 October | £12 via the London Handel Festival box office Enjoy an hour-long Handel recital from two of the most talented young singers from the baroque music world, Jerome Knox and Ruairi Bowen, in the intimate and beautiful setting of our Picture Gallery, which has historic links to Handel. Book now Harpsichord Recital by Bridget Cunningham 19:00, Friday 19 November | £15, £10 concessions, including Handel Institute conference delegates  Join harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham, the artistic director of London Early Opera, to see her perform a recital of music taken from Handel’s magnificent Eight Great Harpsichord Suites and the aria and ouverture arrangements including keyboard music from Muzio Scevola HWV 13. Book now   Christmas Family Concert 15:00, Sunday 12 December | Free with Museum Admission Gather the little'uns for a family-friendly concert with Trinity Laban Conservatoire graduates Rebecca Speller on flute and Imma Setiadi on piano. They will perform Reinecke’s flute sonata, which tells the stormy tale of the water spirit Undine, along with other popular flute and piano works by Bach and Poulenc. Find out more Sea Shanties Workshop 14:00 &15:30 workshop times, Saturday 5 February | £8, concessions & Foundling Friends £6 Ahoy landlubbers, come learn and sing sea shanties with the London Sea Shanty Collective. A community choir – based in East London – they sing shanties and maritime songs with one eye to the tradition and the other to the future. Each workshop runs for 35 minutes and is suitable for all ages. Book now   Annual study day on music in Eighteenth-Century Britain 10:15-17:30, Friday 26 November | £18, including lunch and refreshments If you're looking to expand your musical knowledge, sign up for the 37th annual study day of papers, presentations, discussion and networking opportunities for students, scholars and all those interested in music in eighteenth-century Britain. Book now   Free concerts in the Museum We have monthly Thursday and Sunday afternoon concerts which take place in our Picture Gallery. These are included in the price of admission, so don't forget to check out when these will be taking place when you're booking your entry tickets.  See our full list of afternoon concerts