Jemima Yorke in Covent Garden Theatre, Covent Garden, London - 17 March, 1749
from Extracts from Old Letters to Ldy M: Gr: Vol 2nd, page 16:
[Letter from Jemima Yorke to Mary Gregory, 18th March 1749]
I was at the new Oratorio of Solomon last Night which has some prodigiously fine things in it; so fine, that if it had not follow'd nay interrupted Samson, I should upon the Strength of the Chorus' & One or Two Songs have equall'd it to any Other Oratorio I have heard.
Jemima Yorke, Extracts from Old Letters to Ldy M: Gr: Vol 2nd. In Aristocratic Women: The Social, Political and Cultural History of Rich and Powerful Women. Part 1, the Correspondence of Jemima, Marchioness Grey (1722-97) and Her Circle. , volume Reel 10 (Marlborough, 1995), p. 16. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1676464413247 accessed: 19 April, 2025
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Solomon
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Caterina Galli, Henry Reinhold, Signora Sibilla, Thomas Lowe, Giulia Frasi |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 17 March, 1749 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
The first performance of 'Solomon' came only two days after Handel’s last performance of 'Samson' for the season. No evidence has been found that Handel planned to give further performances of 'Samson': Lady Grey may have meant that 'Solomon' followed too quickly after the previous performance of 'Samson' to make its full impression.