Calendar of London Concerts 1750-1800

Concerts

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1800_03_21Fri 21 Mar 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [6TH]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sHANDEL o ^ACIS_AND_GALATEA^ <SERENATA>. PART3: [selection from] handel PURCELL ARNE-ta [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ ELLIOT CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ DUSSEK~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE. END PART1: [DUSSEK] CN PF DUSSEK~ (MILITARY) *. END PART2: CN OB PARKE-Wt <W_PARKE>.TI[LS (with full details).] * New patent grand piano forte by Corri and Dussek; with tambourine and triangle.3961CG3961
1800_03_21Fri 21 Mar 1800A/WWILLIS 1800 5THCS1: HAYDN OV; SG NIELD; PLEYEL QT; SG MARA~; SN PF FIELD; SG DAMIANI-v. 2: MOZART SYM (GRAND); SG MARA~; CN VN RAIMONDI; SG DAMIANI-v. FINALE: RAIMONDI MARCH.TI3960A_W3960
1800_03_19Wed 19 Mar 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [5TH]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sTHIRD SELECTION FROM HANDEL SACRED; BOYCE HAYDN VINCI [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ DUSSEK~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE; BN PARKINSON; VC ASHLEY-Cj <C_ASHLEY>. END PART1: tr PF FL VC REINAGLE~ WOIDNER ASHLEY-Cj <SN PF + FL VC> (REINAGLE~: FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC). END PART2: CN VN ASHLEY-Gc <G>.TI[LS (with full details).]3959CG3959
1800_03_17Mon 17 Mar 1800A/WLEBEDEFF 1800CB200010s 6d1: HAYDN OV (GRAND); PLEYEL QT; SG DUSSEK~; CN VC LEBEDEFF; GL 3v GORE PAGE SALE (RUSSIAN; WITH ACCOMPANIMENTS); CN PF FIELD. 2: ORIENTAL_SERENADE; INCLUDING INDIAN RAUGH AND RAUGHINIE: V GORE PAGE SALE; INDIAN INSTRUMENTS; FULL BAND. CN VN PINTO-gf; SG DUSSEK~; INDIAN RAUGH; fp <FINALE>.TILEBEDEFF: 12 years in India. To lovers of national characteristic music. Hindostanie [music]; in the true Indian style.3958A_W3958
1800_03_14Fri 14 Mar 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [4TH]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sHANDEL o ^ALEXANDER'S_FEAST^. PART3: [selection from] HANDEL HAYDN PURCELL [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ ELLIOT CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE. END PART2: CNTE OB VN VA VC PARKE-Wt ASHLEY-Gc ASHLEY-Rg ASHLEY-Cj <W_PARKE; G; R; C>.TI[LS (with full details).]3957CG3957
1800_03_14Fri 14 Mar 1800A/WWILLIS 1800 4THCS1: HAYDN OV; SG JACKSON~j; TR HN HN VDAG LEANDER-lh LEANDER-vt DAHMEN-ja; SG DAMIANI-v; CN PF HENRY~ (FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC); TARCHI TR 3v DAMIANI-v CIMADOR DUSSEK~. 2: MOZART SYM (GRAND); SG DAMIANI-v; CN FL DIMMLER <GERARD_DIMBER / DIMLER> (FIRST APPEARANCE IN THIS COUNTRY); SG DUSSEK~. FINALE: RAIMONDI MARCH. [TB: different order; with sg DUSSEK~ + HP DUSSEK~.]TI; TBSubscribers' friends: 10/6 at the door. HENRY~: pupil of Kreusser. Dimber: of Bavaria.3956A_W3956
1800_03_10Mon 10 Mar 1800HATHAT ORATORIO 00 [2ND]OS19305s; 3s 6d; 2s 6d[DIR BARTHELEMON.] SELECTION FROM HANDEL SACRED ETC. PF JACOB (PRESIDE); ORG GRIFFIN; V RICHARDSON~ HOWELLS~ FLETCHER~3 FLETCHER~J <J> WALKER SMITH-1 <MR> ELLIOTT-w? <MR> REYNOLDS-2 [REYNOLDS-3?] [includes:] CN CL HARTMANN; BARTHELEMON OV; LATROBE o ^DIES_IRAE^; GEMINIANI SL VN BARTHELEMON (INTRODUCED FAV ch <PORTUGUESE HYMN> ['adeste_fideles']).TI; TI 22 Feb; TI 8 MarPatronage of Duke and Duchess of York.3955HAT3955
1800_03_10Mon 10 Mar 1800KTRSALOMON 1800CB200010s 6d1: HAYDN OV (GRAND MS); SG BENELLI; CN OB GRIESBACH-F <F_GRIESBACH>; SG MARA~; CN VN SALOMON. 2: HAYDN SYM (GRAND MS); SG VIGANONI; dt PF VN FIELD PINTO-gf <SN CNTE>; sg MARA~ <SCENA>; DT 2v BENELLI VIGANONI; fp <FINALE>.TI3954KTR3954
1800_03_07Fri 7 Mar 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [3RD]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sHANDEL o ^MESSIAH^ <SACRED ORATORIO>. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ ELLIOT CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ DUSSEK~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE. END PART2: DT PF HP CIMADOR DUSSEK~.TI[LS.]3953CG3953
1800_03_07Fri 7 Mar 1800A/WWILLIS 1800 3RDCS1: MOZART OV; SG DAMIANI-v; CIRRI SXT [?fl vn vn va vc db] MONZANI RAIMONDI CRAMER-F FIORILLO LINDLEY DRAGONETTI <F_CRAMER>; LINDLEY SG YOUNG_LADY (FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC CONCERTS) [? LINLEY-t1 SG / LINLEY-w SG]; SG DAMIANI-v. 2: HAYDN SYM (GRAND); SG YOUNG_LADY; FIELD CN PF FIELD (AS ON THE SECOND NIGHT); SG DAMIANI-v. FINALE: RAIMONDI MARCH. SG DAMIANI-v (FIRST SONG OF THE FIRST NIGHT).TI; TI 28 Feb3952A_W3952
1800_03_05Wed 5 Mar 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [2ND]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sSELECTION FROM HANDEL SACRED [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ ELLIOT CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ DUSSEK~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE. END PART2: CN VC ASHLEY-Cj <CHARLES>.TITI 6 Mar[LS (with full details).]3951CG3951
1800_03_03Mon 3 Mar 1800HATHAT ORATORIO 00 [1ST]OS1930For six: 3gn (g+l / 2l) *[DIR BARTHELEMON.] HANDEL o ^MESSIAH^.TI 22 Feb[Cf advert in TI 8 Mar]* Single ticket 7s. Patronage of Duke and Duchess of York. [Cf 10 Mar; not clear how much of this series took place.]3950HAT3950
1800_02_28Fri 28 Feb 1800LYCCARTWRIGHT 1800MI2000B 4s; P 3s; G 2sMGL CARTWRIGHT CARTWRIGHT~2 (FIRST APPEARANCE IN LONDON) (MUSIC BY HANDEL FISHER SHIELD; IRISH AND SCOTCH AIRS). DT MGL CARTWRIGHT CARTWRIGHT~2.TIMonthly Mirror 9 (1800) 177 and 240And philosophical [scientific] exhibition. [And subsequently; not listed.]3949LYC3949
1800_02_28Fri 28 Feb 1800CGCG ORATORIO 00 [1ST]OS1900B 6s; P 3s 6d; FG 2s; SG 1sSELECTION FROM SACRED HANDEL [items listed]. DIR ASHLEY-J <SEN>; LEAD ASHLEY-Gc <G_ASHLEY>; ORG ASHLEY-Jj <J_ASHLEY>; V SECOND~ ELLIOT CAPPER~ TENNANT~ CROSBY~ (1ST TIME) DUSSEK~ INCLEDON DIGNUM DENMAN SALE; VN ASHLEY-Gc <G>; VC ASHLEY-Cj <CHARLES>; TRBN <TRBNS>; DDR; [instrumentalists listed]. END PART2: CN PF NEATE. [? CN OB PARKE-WT.]TICf Monthly Mirror 9 (1800) 117 and 175-6[LS (with full details).] Half-price at 2100. [Parke-Memoirs i.281.]3948CG3948
1800_02_27Thu 27 Feb 1800KTNEW MUSICAL FUND 00CB2000PB 10s 6d; G 5sLEAD CRAMER-F <F_CRAMER>; ORG GREATOREX; ?VN PINTO-gf. 1: HANDEL CH 'WE_PRAISE' from HANDEL o ^DETTINGEN_TE_DEUM^; SPOFFORTH SG ELLIOTT-W (WM_ELLIOTT> (FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC); HANDEL DT 2v FLETCHER~3 FLETCHER~[j] (THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE); LING QT OB VN VA VC LING CRAMER-F SMART-H LINDLEY <QT CNTE; F_CRAMER H_SMART>; MAHON SG SECOND~ + CL MAHON; HANDEL CH 'HOW_EXCELLENT' (GRAND). 2: HAYDN SYM (NEW MS *); ?ESSEX SG ESSEX~ + HP ESSEX~; LINDLEY CN VC LINDLEY; SG BOLLA~; CORELLI SL VN BARTHELEMON; HANDEL CH 'HE_GAVE' (GRAND). [earlier programme different order.]TI; TI 25 FebTI 1 Mar (thanks)10gn for life (2 tickets). * Composed for Salomon's Concerts.3947KT3947
1800_02_24Mon 24 Feb 1800KT?DAHMEN-JA 1800CB10s 6dLEAD SALOMON; I DRAGONETTI LEANDER-lh LEANDER-vt GRIESBACH-2 HOLMES [later omitted: CRAMER-F <F> MONZANI]. 1: OV; MOZART DT 2v DUSSEK~ VIGANONI; CN CL HARTMANN; SG BENELLI; DAHMEN-ja CN VC DAHMEN-ja (NEW). 2: HAYDN OV (GRAND); SG DUSSEK~; ALDAY CN VN ALDAY (NEW); SG VIGANONI; DUSSEK DT PF PF DUSSEK~ CIMADOR <2 PF>; fp <FINALE>.TI; TI 10 Feb; TI 17 Feb[?At King's Theatre Concert Room.] [Some instrumentalists later omitted.]3946KT3946
1800_02_21Fri 21 Feb 1800A/WWILLIS 1800 2NDCS[DIR] RAIMONDI. 1: MOZART OV; SG NIELD; PLEYEL QT; SG DAMIANI-v; RAIMONDI CNTE; SG MARA~. 2: HAYDN SYM (GRAND MILITARY); SG DAMIANI-v; CN PF FIELD; SG MARA~; fp <FINALE>.TITI 22 FebExpense: no half subscriptions. Management of RAIMONDI.3945A_W3945
1800_02_14Fri 14 Feb 1800A/WWILLIS 1800 1STCS2000For twelve: 5gn[DIR AND] LEAD RAIMONDI; HPD DAMIANI-F <F_DAMIANI>; [instrumentalists listed]. 1: MOZART OV; SG JACKSON~j; qt PF HP HN HN CIMADOR DUSSEK~ LEANDER-lh LEANDER-vt <DT HP PF + HN HN>; SG DAMIANI-V <VITALE_DAMIANI>; TR VN VA VC RAIMONDI FIORILLO LINDLEY; DT 2v DAMIANI-V DUSSEK~. 2: HAYDN SYM (GRAND 'SURPRISE'); SG DUSSEK~ + HN HN; CN PF LATOUR + VN; SG DAMIANI-V; fp <FINALE>.TI; TI 17 Jan; TI 30 Jan; TI 3 FebCf Monthly Mirror 9 (1800) 176Patronage of Prince of Wales; Duke of Cumberland. JACKSON~j: pupil of BIANCHI. Management of RAIMONDI [?for Mess Willis].3944A_W3944
1800_02_13Thu 13 Feb 1800LYCCARTWRIGHT 1800MI2000B 4s; P 3s; G 2sMGL CARTWRIGHT (MUSIC BY HANDEL FISHER SHIELD; IRISH AND SCOTCH AIRS).TIMonthly Mirror 9 (1800) 117And philosophical [scientific] exhibition. [And subsequently; not listed.]3943LYC3943
1800_02_07Fri 7 Feb 1800HAYCHORAL FUND 1800OB1900B 5s; P 3s; FG 2s; SG 1s[selection from handel; items listed.] COND ARNOLD; LEAD BARTHELEMON; ORG JACOB; V BARTLEMAN TENNANT~ (FIRST APPEARANCE [here]) LIONELLI~ (FIRST PERFORMANCE IN THIS KINGDOM) SUETT JACKSON~j SCOTT~2; BOYS_OF_WA; DDR JENKINSON; [instrumentalists listed]. [includes:] CN VC POWELL-t (FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE); ARNOLD o [^ode_to_charity^] <ODE> (OCCASIONAL; FOR THIS CHARITY); CORELLI SL VN BARTHELEMON.TI 27 Jan; TI 3 Feb; TI 6 FebFrom 6 Feb. Patronage of Duke of Clarence.3942HAY3942