Archive
- General
- Westfield International Fortepiano Competition 2011
- Christopher on WPRB Princeton radio
- Masters of the Baton - Poznan Concert
- Discography Goes Live!
- CHAMPAGNE FINALE!!
- Gresham College Lectures 2010 - 2011
- BHS and BCS view Christopher's instrument collection
- Asian ventures
- Update on the V&A
- Brit Awards
- Crisis at the V&A!
- Best wishes for coloratura Christmas
- Barockstar: George Frideric Handel
- The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia
- Mendelssohn Discoveries (and gastronomic re-discoveries) in Leipzig
- The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival
- Video Interview: Christopher on Mendelssohn
- Big Ben: not by Handel
- World Première
- Christopher (the Classicist) writes to The Times
- The Fitzwilliam Museum: as seen by Christopher Hogwood
- University of Cambridge - 800th birthday
- Speech to launch V&A’s new baroque exhibition.
- Cambridge University Honorary Doctorate - Orator's Speech
- Cambridge University Honorary Doctorate
- Christopher corrects The Times
- Christopher opposes Arts Council cuts
- Halle Handel Prize
- Hear Christopher on Radio 4
- Christopher's contribution to 'Fund og Forskning'
- Happy New Year!
- Inga Nielsen CD featuring Christopher
- Christopher becomes an Honorary Member of Charles Avison Society
- De Clavicordio V
- Preface to Hawkins' history of the AAM
- De Clavicordio VI
- Emma Kirkby finally created a 'Dame'!
- Caricatures by Ane Lysebo – November 2005
- Christopher receives honorary doctorate from Zürich University
- Articles
- Food Counter
- Interviews
- Reviews
Big Ben: not by Handel
June 1, 2009
This might be the year to celebrate him, but we cannot attribute everything to the great composer, as Christopher writes to The Times (1 June):
Raising a bell at Great St Mary's, Cambridge, pre-1914
Sir, It would be gratifying to be able to connect the chimes of Westminster (150th anniversary) with the music of Handel (250th anniversary of death, report, May 30) but, alas, the connection with I Know that My Redeemer Liveth is very tenuous; the four-note melody of the words Now is Christ Risen coincidentally demonstrates the four bells that were available at the church of St Mary the Great in Cambridge, where this chime originated in 1793. The variant arrangements of these four notes (different for every quarter) were said to have been devised by the young prodigy William Crotch (1775-1847). Their title is Cambridge Quarters, although known for some time in the university as "Jowett's Jig" after the Regius Professor of Civil Law who oversaw the job without undue haste.