On 15 Jan 2007 at 21:01, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > On 1/15/07, David W. Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I believe Johannes or Kim said (in reference to the Haydn > > oratorios), these kinds of gargantuan performances in the 18th > > century were very often benefit concerts. > > Johannes brought this up, but you're right-- the Haydn concerts were > benefits; and most of the musicians donated their services. There > were no huge concerts of the Messiah during Handel's lifetime either.
On the contrary, I'm pretty sure there was at least one in which Handel himself participated. Johannes recalled this as well, but neither of us have citations for it at hand. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
