A Grand Sacred Selection of Music/Sacred Music (1789)

Composer
George Frederic Handel
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
£4,685 15s 6d £493 4s (10.5%) £4,192 11s 6d (89.5%)
1732 - 1809
£4,685 15s 6d - (100%) £493 4s (10.5%) £4,192 11s 6d (89.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
113 92 21
1732 - 1809
113 92 21
Notes
Selections of music/sacred music primarily composed by Handel although there are very occasionally pieces from other composers included. These performances are associated with the Handel Commemorations 1784-91.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Mar 1800 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1800 Covent Garden Acis and Galatea, Military Concerto, Concerto on hautboy, Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1801 Covent Garden Requiem, Grand Funeral Anthem, A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1801 Covent Garden A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1801 Covent Garden A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1801 Covent Garden A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1802 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1802 Covent Garden Grand Selection of Sacred Music Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1802 Covent Garden A Grand Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1802 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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