Event Comment: By Command of
their Majesties. [From the
Westminster Magazine for March: "On Friday the third instant the Entertainments peculiar to this season commenced. Messrs
Bach and
Abel were first, and have been at each successive Oratorio since (one night excepted when the
King and
Queen favored
Mr Stanley, with bringing the only good House he has hitherto had), honoured with the presence of
their Majesties, who have been accused, we think justly, of partiality to these foreigners, in overlooking Mr Stanley's past services and great personal merits. Justice, however, requires us to observe, that both in point of vocal and instrumental performers, the former have displayed a striking superiority over the latter. The singers at Messrs Bach and
Abel's are,
Parry,
Corse,
Mrs Weichsel,
Miss Brown and
Sga Corri. At
Drury Lane,
Norris,
Reinhold,
Mrs Mattocks,
Mrs Barthelemon, and a young Lady from the
Founding Hospital."
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus
Music: End Part I: Hautboy Concerto-Vincent; Part II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon