London is caught up in a determined drive to collect money to help victims of the tsunami disaster. The extensive classical music scene has joined in the spirit, with collectors standing by the exits of the capital's many concert and recital venues shaking donation buckets as audiences head for home.
The London Handel Players gave a charity performance of Handel's infrequently performed Opus 5 at the beautiful Edwardian home of two of its principal players, flautist Rachel Brown and her husband, violinist Adrian Butterfield.
In doing so, they recreated the kind of authentic domestic setting in which these works would have originally been performed in the mid-18th century.
The concert took place on the ground floor of their home, where the walls of three adjoining rooms have been knocked down to make one large area.
The musicians took up their places in what would have been the central room, with the audience sitting on the sides.
Cups of spiced fruit tea made from apples gathered from trees in the back garden were served and the domestic ambience was enhanced by the perfectly attentive five-year-old daughter of the house.
A memorable image was of Brown sitting in the audience, when not playing, with her daughter on her lap and her Palanca flute lovingly tucked under her arm to keep it warm.