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 %
14 Mar 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £388 9s 6d N/A N/A
19 Mar 1794 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection of Sacred Music No No No £510 5s 6d N/A N/A
26 Mar 1794 Drury Lane A Grand Selection, Acis And Galatea, Concerto on violin No No No £569 3s 6d N/A N/A
26 Mar 1794 Covent Garden A Grand Selection of Sacred Music, Concerto on organ No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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