Calendar of London Concerts 1750-1800

Concert

id3188
date1789_02_27
dayFri 27 Feb 1789
placeCG
titleCG ORATORIO 89 [1ST]
typeOS
time1830
priceB 5s; P 3s; FG 2s; SG 1s
programmehandel o ^CORONATION_ANTHEM^ ^GOD_SAVE_THE_KING^; handel o ^MESSIAH^ <SACRED ORATORIO>. DIR HARRISON ASHLEY-j; LEAD RICHARDS; ORG KNYVETT; V HARRISON PEARSON GRIFFITHS CHAMPNESS SALE CANTELO~ STORACE~; [some other instrumentalists listed]. END PART1: VIOTTI CN VN GAUTHEROT~ (SECOND PUBLIC PERFORMANCE IN THIS KINGDOM). MORE THAN 100 PERFORMERS.
advertPA; PA 20 Feb
reviewMH 28 Feb
notes[LS (with further details; charges).] [Majority of orchestra and chorus from [Concert / Academy of Ancient Music].]
related placesCG Covent Garden Theatre.
CG Covent Garden Theatre.
related peopleHARRISON Samuel - <At first Master>.
RICHARDS David / John - David: leader at Drury Lane.
KNYVETT Charles [the elder] - Sometimes possibly Charles [the younger] or William.
HARRISON Samuel - <At first Master>.
PEARSON John
GRIFFITHS
CHAMPNESS Samuel Thomas
SALE John
CANTELO~ <Miss> Ann - Married = HARRISON~.
STORACE~ <Signora> Nancy [Anna] - <1774: first in public>.
VIOTTI Giovanni Battista - <1793: first in this country>.
GAUTHEROT~ <Mme/Mrs> Louisa - <1789: first in England>.
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