Calendar of London Concerts 1750-1800

Concerts

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1798_06_01Fri 1 June 1798RASHLEY family 98GB5sOVER 100 PERFORMERS. 1: HAYDN SYM (GRAND); DANBY GL 4v ELLIOT INCLEDON SALE SALE-jb <JUN> 'SWEET_THRUSH'; PLEYEL QT vn vn va vc ASHLEY-gc MAHON ASHLEY-rg ASHLEY-cj <ASHLEYS> [?order]; HANDEL SG ELLIOT 'SOFTLY_SWEET' + VC ASHLEY-Cj <C_ASHLEY>; CN BN HOLMES; SG MARA~ (BRAVURA); SG INCLEDON 'SOUND_AN'; CH 'WE_HEAR'. 2: BACH CNTE OB VN VA VC (FAV); GL ELLIOT SALE SALE-jb 'STRIKE_THE' + PF DUSSEK; CN PF DUSSEK (WITH MILITARY RONDO); CH <PORTUGUESE HYMN> (VERSE AND CH); PURCELL SG MARA~ 'MAD_BESS'; SG INCLEDON 'COME_IF' (+ CH); DT 2v INCLEDON SALE 'TO_ARMS' AND CH 'BRITONS_STRIKE'.TB; TB 30 MayFor Messrs Ashleys. [Mollie Sands: Invitation to Ranelagh (London 1946) 209-11.]3897R3897
1751_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1751CGCG ORATORIO 51 [3RD]OS1830PB 10s 6d; FG 5s; SG 3s 6dhandel o ^ALEXANDER'S_FEAST^; handel o ^THE_CHOICE_OF_HERCULES^ <NEW ACT>. [? V in latter:] FRASI~ GALLI~ GUADAGNI. CN ORG (NEW).GA[LS. Deutsch-Handel 702 with incorrect cast. Cf Winton Dean: Handel's Dramatic Oratorios (London 1959) 586.]0076CG0076
1754_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1754CGCG ORATORIO 54 [1ST]OS1830PB 10s 6d; FG 5s; SG 3s 6dhandel o ^ALEXANDER_BALUS^ <ORATORIO>. V PASSERINI~ (?) WASS BEARD FRASI~ GALLI~.PA[LS; Deutsch-Handel 747; Handel-Handbuch 4 (Kassel 1985) 478 after Dean.]0295CG0295
1765_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1765CGCG ORATORIO 65 [3RD]OS1830PB 10s 6d; FG 5s; SG 3s 6d(from handel) o ^ISRAEL_IN_BABYLON^ <ORATORIO>. CN ORG STANLEY.PA[LS.]0943CG0943
1771_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1771CGCG ORATORIO 71 [5TH]OS1830B 5s; P 4s; FG 3s; SG 2sHANDEL o ^SAMSON^ <ORATORIO>. END PART1: CN. END PART2: SL VN SIRMEN~. MAJO-g SG GUADAGNI (FAV ITALIAN) [-g?].PA[LS; Burrows-Harris 624-5.]1456CG1456
1771_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1771DLDL ORATORIO 71 [5TH]OS1830B 10s 6d; P 5s; FG 3s 6d; SG 2shandel o ^SAMSON^ <ORATORIO>. LEAD BARTHELEMON. CN ORG STANLEY; SL VC DUPORT-jp.PA[LS; Burrows-Harris 624-5.]1455DL1455
1776_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1776DLDL ORATORIO 76 [3RD]OS1830B 10s 6d; P 5s; FG 3s 6d; SG 2shandel o ^ALEXANDER'S_FEAST^; handel o ^CORONATION_ANTHEM^ <ANTHEMS>. V LINLEY~m1 LINLEY~M2 <M_LINLEY> DRAPER~ NORRIS REINHOLD. END PART1: CN ORG STANLEY. END PART2: CN VN LINLEY-T2 <THOMAS>.PA[LS.]1955DL1955
1776_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1776CGCG ORATORIO 76 [3RD]OSB 7s 6d; P 5s; FG 3s; SG 2sHANDEL o ^MESSIAH^ <SACRED ORATORIO>. LEAD LAMOTTE; V VERNON CHAMPNESS LEONI WRIGHTEN~ WEICHSELL~f. END PART1: CNte HN HN HN (3 CHROMATIC FRENCH HNS; 2ND PERFORMANCE) (NEW). AFTER PART2: CN VN LAMOTTE.PA[LS.]1956CG1956
1776_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1776CSNBARTHELEMON 76 5THCS1930[BARTHELEMON.]PA1954CSN1954
1782_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1782DLDL ORATORIO 82 [5TH]OS1830B 10s 6d; P 5s; FG 3s 6d; SG 2shandel o ^ALEXANDER'S_FEAST^; HANDEL o ^CORONATION_ANTHEM^ <ANTHEMS>. LEAD RICHARDS; V LINLEY~m2 DRAPER~ PRUDOM~ NORRIS REINHOLD. END PART1: CN VC CROSDILL. END PART2: CN BN SCHWARZ (FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC IN ENGLAND).PAPA 2 Mar[LS.] SCHWARZ: musician to the Margrave of Anspach.2478DL2478
1793_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1793HAYHAY ORATORIO 93 [5TH]OS1830B 5s; P 3s; FG 2s; SG 1s(FROM HANDEL) o ^REDEMPTION [items listed]. COND ARNOLD; LEAD SHAW; V HARRISON DIGNUM WELSH-t HUMMELL-1 LEETE POOLE~ LEAK~ HARRISON~. AFTER PART1: PERCY SG WELSH-t 'CAPTIVITY'. END PART2: CN VN SMITH-4 <MASTER>.OR; MPOR 2 Mar; DI 2 Mar[LS (with full details).] SMITH-4: son of cellist [SMITH-2].3543HAY3543
1793_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1793CGCG ORATORIO 93 [5TH]OS1830B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1shandel o ^MESSIAH^ <SACRED ORATORIO>. DIR ASHLEY-j; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V MARA~ SHARP~2 DALL~ [replaced CROUCH~] INCLEDON BARTLEMAN REYNOLDS-3 KELLY-m. END PART2: GEMINIANI CNgr VN ASHLEY-Gc <G> (FAV). storace-s2 SG INCLEDON 'CAPTIVITY' [REPLACED CROUCH~]. ch 'GOD_SAVE_GREAT_GEORGE_OUR_KING'; PURCELL dt 2v 'TO_ARMS' + PURCELL ch 'BRITONS'.OROR 2 Mar; DI 2 Mar; see LS[LS (with full details and accounts).]3542CG3542
1799_03_01Fri 1 Mar 1799CGCG ORATORIO 99 [6TH]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sSELECTION FROM HANDEL BOYCE ARNE-ta PURCELL ROGERS-b <DR> [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-j <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V MARA~ CAPPER~ WATERS~ ATKINS~ INCLEDON SALE SALE-Jb <J> DENMAN PAGE BARTLEMAN; VN ASHLEY-Gc <G>. [includes:] AVISON CNgr OP.4 NO.4. END PART2: CN VC ASHLEY-Cj <CHARLES_ASHLEY>.TB[LS.]3908CG3908
1772_05_01Fri 1 May 1772HFRASI~ 72CB190010s 6dLEAD VACHON; V FRASI~ GRASSI~. SL VN VACHON; CN OB EIFFERT; CN FL TACET. [omitted later: SL VC CROSDILL.]PA; PA 27 Apr1594H1594
1778_05_01Fri 1 May 1778TSTCROSDILL 78CB190010s 6d1: BACH OV; SG PIOZZI; ABEL DT VC VC CERVETTO-j CROSDILL; SG EDICATT~; CN VN GIARDINI. 2: CN PF BACH; SL VC CROSDILL; SG PIOZZI; SL VDAG ABEL; SG EDICATT~; TR vn va vc CRAMER-w GIARDINI CROSDILL [?order]; CN OB FISCHER.PA2204TST2204
1778_05_01Fri 1 May 1778HSQRAUZZINI AND LAMOTTE 78 5THCS2000DIR RAUZZINI LAMOTTE. V HARROP~ ROVEDINO RAUZZINI; I LAMOTTE LEBRUN CERVETTO-j CLEMENTI CARAVOGLIA-1 DECAMP.PA[And last.] [Burrows-Harris 983.]2203HSQ2203
1789_05_01Fri 1 May 1789HSQGAUTHEROT~ 89CB200010s 6d1: ROSETTI OV; PLEYEL QT VN VN VA VC CRAMER-w BLAKE SHIELD SMITH-2; SG HARRISON; CN HN PIELTAIN-pj; SG CANTELO~; CN VN GAUTHEROT~. 2: DAVAUX CNTE VN VN CRAMER-w GAUTHEROT~; SN PF CLEMENTI; SG STORACE~; VIOTTI TR VN VN VC CRAMER-w GAUTHEROT~ SMITH-2; DT 2v HARRISON CANTELO~ [AMBROSE~?]; HAYDN SYM.MP; WOThe Journals and Letters of Susan Burney ed Olleson (Farnham 2012) 226-7 [details differ]3224HSQ3224
1789_05_01Fri 1 May 1789FMHLOCKHART 89CB190010s 6d (2 persons)LEAD BARTHELEMON. V BELLAMY GORE HOBLER [?] PRING-1 KELLY-m LOCKHART~1 LOCKHART~2 CROUCH~. CN VN BARTHELEMON; SN HPD NORMAN; CNte HN HN LEANDER-lh LEANDER-vt; CN ORG LOCKHART <MR>. END PART1: HANDEL CH (ON THE [KING'S] RECOVERY; ADAPTED TO 'SEE_THE' from HANDEL o ^JUDAS_MACCABAEUS^). SN PF LOCKHART~2 <MISS> <GRAND_PF>. [END:] HANDEL o ^DETTINGEN_TE_DEUM^ (GRAND).PA 20 AprLockhart's annual concert of sacred music.3223FMH3223
1795_05_01Fri 1 May 1795KTRCRAMER-w 95CB20001: GLUCK OV; SG HARRISON; STAMITZ DT VN VC CRAMER-w LINDLEY; SG HARRISON; CN VN CRAMER-C <CHARLES_CRAMER>; SG BANTI~ + VN CRAMER-w; CN PF CRAMER-JB <JB_CRAMER>. 2: HAYDN OV (GRAND MS; PF HAYDN PRESIDE); FERRARI-gg DT 2v ROVEDINO MORELLI; samMARTINI CNgr VN CRAMER-w; HANDEL SG BANTI~ 'ANGELS_EVER'; CN VC LINDLEY; fp <FINALE>.OR[Landon-England 306.]3748KTR3748
1769_09_01Fri 1 Sept 1769MRICHARDS PIGUENIT AND STORACE-s1 69GB2s 6d[RICHARDS STORACE-s1.] V HERRYMAN BROWN-1 REYNOLDSON FORBES~ PINTO~. CN OB PARKE; CN VN PINTO. ARNOLD o ^ODE_FOR_THE_PRINCE_OF_WALES'_BIRTHDAY^ <ODE IN HONOUR OF THE PRINCE_OF_WALES'S BIRTH DAY> (SECOND TIME). HN HN CL CL (FIRST TIME THIS SEASON).PA; PA 28 Aug 1769Piguenit (treasurer). Entitled 'Gli scherzi delle muse'. With fireworks and a ball etc. From 28 Aug.1314M1314