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
118 92 26
1732 - 1809
118 92 26
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 %
02 Apr 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £531 11s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £486 17s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1794 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violin No No No £525 12s 6d N/A N/A
09 Apr 1794 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Music, Concerto on violin No No No £557 17s N/A N/A
11 Apr 1794 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1795 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1795 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, 1st concerto, Op. 3 No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1795 Covent Garden A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music, 6th concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1795 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1795 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1796 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1796 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, 3rd concerto, Concerto on pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1796 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1796 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1796 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1797 Covent Garden A Grand Sacred Selection No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1797 Covent Garden A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music, Concerto on hautboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1797 Covent Garden A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music, Concerto on two violins and violoncello, Concerto on grand pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1797 Covent Garden A Grand Sacred Selection, Concerto on pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1798 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violin, Concerto on pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1798 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1798 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Bach's favourite concertante No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1798 Covent Garden A Grand Selection From The Most Favourite Works of Handel, Concerto on violin, Concerto on pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1798 Covent Garden A Grand Selection From The Most Favourite Works of Handel, Concerto on hautboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Bach's concertante for violin, oboe, viola, and violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Music, Concerto on grand piano No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection Of Music (from Handel, Boyce, Arne, and Purcell), Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Military Concerto No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Music (from Handel, Boyce, and Purcell), Military Concerto on grand pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Bach's concertante for violin, oboe, viola, and violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1800 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Music, Concerto on grand pianoforte No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1800 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Music, Concerto on violoncello No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
07 Apr 1802 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £493 4s 67% N/A
09 Apr 1802 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £264 8s 6d N/A N/A
09 Apr 1802 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1803 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1803 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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