Scratch Messiah
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A Scratch Messiah, People's Messiah, Come Sing Messiah, Sing-it-yourself Messiah, Do-it-yourself Messiah, or Sing along Messiah is an informal performance of Handel's Messiah in which the audience ser
Scratch Messiah, Royal Albert Hall 2015
The Great Handel Festival at The Crystal Palace, 1857
Extra copies of the score provided to audience members during a performance at Georgetown University in 2024
Foundling Hospital
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The Foundling Hospital was a children's home in St Pancras, London, England. It was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was established for the "education and maintenance
Scratch Messiah
…mind, having grown out of the 1749 performance of the Foundling Hospital Anthem and Handel's annual Easter performance of Messiah in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital in London. Messiah was composed so that it could be performed after a limited number of rehearsals, and thus lent itself well to the large Handel…
1753 engraving of the Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital was first located in Hatton Garden
The same statues from the Foundling Hospital located in Hatton Garden are above the side door of the near St Andrew Holborn. Thomas Coram, founder of the Foundlings' Hospital is buried here, his remains were translated from his foundation in the 1960s.
William Hogarth's portrait of Thomas Coram.