John Courtney in Hull - 16 September, 1789
from Music and Society in Eighteenth-Century Yorkshire, page 125:
This morning I & my wife & Son in a Pearson’s Chaise Set out early [...] & got to Hull to Miss Cayley’s; we all went together to the High Church to the Selection of Sacred Music. Mrs Billington, Mr Harrison & Miss Cantilo sung delightfully indeed. The instrumental Band was not I think quite so good as when we had Oratorios at the Minster 20 years ago; but the Voices were so much superior that it was on the whole much preferable. My wife & I sat in Side Gallery front seat & after 1st act in East Gallery. The <music...?> organ with the Coronation … more >>
Christopher Simon Roberts, Music and Society in Eighteenth-Century Yorkshire, p. 125. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447003277441 accessed: 8 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersHe was eyes to the blind | performed by Miss Cantelo |
Coronation Anthem
written by George Frideric Handel |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 16 September, 1789 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
John Courtney describes music heard at the Handel Commemoration Festival in Hull.