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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Michael Christian Festing"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Michael Christian Festing")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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464 results for: Keyword - Michael Christian Festing
We found 268 matches on Author, 112 matches on Performance Comments, 76 matches on Event Comments, 39 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

276
27 February 1741 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocals-Andreoni, Mrs Arne; a Concerto of Handel's on the Harp-Parry; first Violin-Festing; German Flute-Weideman; Violoncello-Caporale

277
05 March 1741 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The First Violin-Festing; a Concerto on the Bassoon-Miller; a Concerto of Handel's on the Harp-Parry

278
06 March 1741 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal Parts-Andreoni, Mrs Arne; a Concerto on the Bassoon-Miller; the First Violin-Festing; the German Flute-Weideman; the Violoncello-Caporale

279
13 March 1741 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal Parts-Andreoni, Mrs Arne; the German Flute-Weideman; the First Violin-Festing; the Violoncello-Caporale; a Concerto of Handel's, several other Pieces on the Harp-Parry

280
04 April 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Musical Entertainment

Music: Concerto on Violoncello-Caporale; Concerto on Violin-Festing; Concerto on Hautboy-Vincent; Concerto on Bassoon-Miller

281
05 November 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: Brett, Mrs Hill

Music: Overture by Festing-; Concerto on Chromatic Horns-Messing; Concerto on Violoncello-Gordon; Concerto on German Flutes-Burk Thumoth, Lawson

282
14 February 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Queen Of Spain; Or, Farinelli In Madrid

Music: Solo on Violin-Festing; Solo on Violincello-Caporali; Solo on Bassoon-Miller; Solo on German Flute-Balicourt

283
11 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

284
13 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

285
18 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

286
27 April 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

287
13 January 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

288
14 January 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

289
15 January 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

290
16 January 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Dance: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter

291
12 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd the Gipsey Tambourine-Mlle Auguste, Gerard, Christian

Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes
Related Work: Trau, Schau, Wem! Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes

292
13 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd the Gipsey Tambourine-Mlle Auguste, Gerard, Christian

Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes
Related Work: Trau, Schau, Wem! Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes

293
04 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: End I: A new Harlequin-Young Rainton; II: Pastoral-Miss Robinson; III: La Pierrete-Roger, Mrs Brett; IV: Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; V: A Grand Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis

Music: In III: Trumpet Sonata by Mons Dieupart-; In IV: Sonata by Signor Corelli-; End IV: First Concerto (by Desire) of Signor Michael Arcangello Corelli-

294
23 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: LLa Peirette-Roger, Mrs Brett; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Walter; Whitson Holiday-Boval, Miss Tenoe; Polonese-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Music: CConcerto on the Little Flute-John Baston; 8th Concerto of Michael Archangelo Corelli-

295
12 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Music: between the Aetween the Acts: Pieces of Musick , selected from the Works of Signor Michael Archangelo Corelli-

296
03 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: new Overture with Kettle Drums and Trumpets by Seedo-; I: The 5th Concerto of Vivaldi, upon the Stage-; II: The 8th Concerto of Michael Angelo Corelli-; III: Handel's Water Musick with French Horns-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Ben. Baker

Song: I: Rosy Bowers-Miss Raftor; End Afterpiece: Ellis Roberts

Dance: II: Harlequins-Lally Jr, Miss Brett; In III: A new Grand Heroic Comic Dance, proper to the Play-; End Afterpiece: The Masqueraders-Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Tench, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams

297
11 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Song: End I: new song, The Cottage on the lawn (composed by Michael? Arne)-Mrs Farrell

Ballet: End Procession: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

298
27 September 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor

Dance: End III: The Dockyard, as17790924

Song: II: The Cottage on the lawn (set by Michael Arne)-Mrs Kennedy

299
03 March 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judith

Music: End of Act I concerto on the organ (composed by Dr Arne) by [Michael] Arne; End of Act II concerto on the violin by Barthelemon

300
23 February 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: Between the Acts an organ concerto (composed by Dr Arne) by [Michael] Arne