The Myra Hess concerts
Music in wartime
During the Second World War, the pianist Myra Hess put on concerts at the National Gallery to raise morale. Find out how the Gallery opened as a music venue
How the concerts started
Music for London
Discover how the concerts became popular with wartime Londoners
Playing through the bombing
Concerts in the Blitz
Bombs fall and the musicians play on. How Myra Hess and the Gallery coped during the Blitz
Meet the musicians
Behind the scenes
Concerts or art?
Myra Hess Day
Who was Myra Hess?
The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation
This online resource, dedicated to the work of Dame Myra Hess, is supported by The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation. The Foundation was set up some 60 years ago by Ernest Hecht, who is one of England's major independent book publishers, with the aim of helping the disadvantaged and promoting the advancement of the arts and education.
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN