Alexander's Feast (1736)

Composer
George Frederic Handel
Author
Newburgh Hamilton
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Oratorio
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
Unknown (0%) (0%)
1732 - 1809
Unknown - (0%) (0%) (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
69 36 33
1732 - 1809
69 36 33
Notes
Choral work adapted from John Dryden's ode 'Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Music' (1697)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Feb 1763 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin, Coronation Anthem No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1763 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin, Coronation Anthem No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1765 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast And The Coronation Anthem, Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1766 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast With Coronation Anthem, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1766 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1768 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast With The Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast With The Coronation Anthems, Solo on violin, Solo on violincello No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast With The Coronation Anthems, Solo on violincello No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1771 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast And The Coronation Anthems, Concerto on organ No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1771 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast And Coronation Anthems, Concerto on organ No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1772 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Solo on violincello, Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1772 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on French horn, Coronation Anthems, Solo on violincello No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1773 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on organ, Affani del Pensier, Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1774 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on hautboy, Concerto on organ, Coronation Anthems No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Concerto on organ, Concerto on hautboy, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin, Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on organ, Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1777 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, The Coronation Anthem No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, The Song of Moses, Concerto on hautboy, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1778 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1780 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast, Dryden's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Dryden's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Concerto on organ, Concerto on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1781 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, A Monody on the Death of Garrick, Concerto on organ, Verdi Prati, Concerto on hautboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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