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 %
01 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, The Coronation Anthem, Concerto on violoncello, Concerto on bassoon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Bonduca, Concerto on violoncello, Concerto on hautboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, The Coronation Anthem, Concerto on hautboy No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1783 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Dryden's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Concerto on clarinet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Coronation Anthems No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1785 Drury Lane Alexanders Feast, Select Music for the Handel Commemoration, Solo on violin No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1788 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1790 Drury Lane Alexander's Feast; Or the Power of Music, Acis and Galatea, Dryden's Ode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1791 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast (first act only), Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1792 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1792 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1793 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1794 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast, 6th concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1795 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1796 Covent Garden Alexanders Feast Or the Power Of Music Grand Selection, Concerto on grand pianoforte, Concerto on two violins and violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1797 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast; Or the Power of Music, Concerto on two violins and violoncello Obligato, Concerto on grand pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1800 Covent Garden Alexander's Feast, Concertante for violin, oboe, tenor, and violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export