Intro
The program focuses on the famous famous Bach-Abel Concerts in Hanover Square, England's first subscription series, which hosted Haydn and many celebrated artists.
Founded in 1776 by J.C. Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel ( who were childhood acquaintances, Abel having been a pupil of J.S. Bach), the series at Hanover Square was for a century London's principal concert venue.
In the program, music by Haydn, Abel and Bach's sons.