Calendar of London Concerts 1750-1800

Concert

id2650
date1784_05_26
dayWed 26 May 1784
placeWA
titleHANDEL 84 [1ST]
typeOS
time1200
price1gn
programmeSELECTION FROM HANDEL SACRED [items listed]. COND and ORG BATES-j; LEAD HAY-r. [principal singers listed in burney-account: MARA~ HARWOOD~ CANTELO~ ABRAMS~ ABRAMS~t <T> BARTOLINI CLERK <REV_MR> DYNE KNYVETT HARRISON NORRIS (OF OXFORD) CORFE (OF SALISBURY) BELLAMY CHAMPNESS REINHOLD TASCA MATHEWS (OF OXFORD).]
advertPA; PA 20 Feb
reviewPA 27 May etc; Diary of Sylas Neville (1950) 320-1; Parke-Memoirs i.37-40
notesDirectors of Concert of Ancient Music. From 21 Apr. [Charles Burney: An Account (London 1785) 25-41; H Diack Johnstone: 'A Ringside Seat' Musical Times 125 (1984) 632-6.]
related placesWA Westminster Abbey.
H Hickford's Rooms, Brewer Street (until 1787); later (1788) Rice's Rooms or (1794) Assembly Room, 40 [41?] Brewer Street.
related peopleHANDEL George Frideric
HANDEL George Frideric
MARA~ <Mme> Gertrud Elisabeth - N?e SCHMELING~.
HARWOOD~ <Miss>
CANTELO~ <Miss> Ann - Married = HARRISON~.
ABRAMS~ <Miss> Harriet - <Sen; [one of] the Miss Abrams>. Some might be Theodosia Abrams.
BARTOLINI Vincenzio
CLERK <Rev>
DYNE John
KNYVETT Charles [the elder] - Sometimes possibly Charles [the younger] or William.
HARRISON Samuel - <At first Master>.
NORRIS Thomas - <At first Master>.
CORFE Joseph - Concerning 1775 (Corse?), see BD.
BELLAMY Richard - From 1791 some may be Thomas Ludford Bellamy (who is usually Jun).
CHAMPNESS Samuel Thomas
REINHOLD Frederick Charles
TASCA Luigi
MATHEWS William - Of Oxford. Or Matthews.