Concerts of Antient Music

The concerts consisted solely of music composed at least twenty years previous (although sometimes revised for the tastes or instrumentation of the time).

King George III personally wrote out the programmes, and in the later years Prince Albert was one of the directors.

The programmes at first consisted mostly of Handel, with a few works by Corelli, Geminiani, Charles Avison, and others.

[2] The concerts were first held in the New Rooms on Tottenham Street, later known as the Queen's or West London Theatre.

In 1795 they were moved to a concert hall at the Opera House, and then in 1804 to the Hanover Square Rooms.