In partnership with Classic Art London, Claire Davies, lead curator at Handel Hendrix House, discusses the newly published book, The Ear of the Beholder, with the author, Huon Mallalieu. Huon’s book explores how artists have represented sound in paintings throughout time, from the literal depiction of musical instruments to the sights and sounds of landscapes. Claire and Huon will together look at Handel’s own art collection and how his favoured artists represented the sounds of the scenes they were painting. Tickets include a look around the house and doors will be open from 5.30 pm.

Huon Mallalieu is a historian, who after four years at Christie’s cataloguing watercolours became a freelance writer specialising in art and antiques, and for a time the property market. He has been a ‘regular casual’ with The Times since 1976, art market writer for Country Life since 1990, and writes on exhibitions in The Oldie. His Biographical Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, 1976, went through several editions. Other books include Understanding Watercolours, 1985, the best-selling Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques Hunting, 1996, and 1066 and Rather More, 2009, recounting his 12-day walk from York to Battle in the steps of King Harold’s army. His In the Ear of the Beholder was published by Thomas Del Mar in 2025. Other interests include Shakespeare and cartoons.

Tickets: £25

To book, please visit the Handel Hendrix House website.