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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "First Violin Concerto"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: First Violin-Mr Barthelemon; Concerto on Organ-Stanley; Solo on Violincello-Duport

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Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Song: Miss Harper, Miss Esser who will accompany her songs on the Violin; Concerto on the Organ-Hook; Solo on Violin-Reeves

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Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Song: Reinhold, Miss Harper, Miss Esser; Concerto on Organ-Hook; Concerto on Violin-Reeves

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Mainpiece Title: A Cure For Dotage

Entertainment: Singing-Miss Catley; Medley Cantata-Reinhold, By Particular Desire after the first part; Musical Imitations-Bannister; Song (By Desire) Water Parted from the Sea, after the manner of the original-Miss Catley; Concerto on Organ-Reinhold; Solo on Violin-Reeves

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Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Entertainment: Singing-Miss Harper, Miss Esser, who will accompany her songs on the Violin, Miss Catley; Musical Imitations-Bannister; Solo Violin-Reeves; Concerto on Organ-Hook

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Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Entertainment: Vocal parts-Miss Harper, Miss Catley, Miss Esser; who will accompany her songs and play a Solo on the violin-Miss Esser; Musical Imitations-Bannister; Solo on Violin (Giardini)-a Pupil of Mr Reeves, only ten years old, his first appearance in public

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: Part I: Concerto on French Horn-Mr Ponta; End Part II: Concerto on Violin-Sga Lombardini Sirmen (Theatrical Review, 214)

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Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: Violin Solo-Ximene (the first time of his performing in public); Concerto on Violincello-Janson

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Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: End Part I: Concerto on French Horn, as17720306 End Part II: Concerto on Violin, as17720311

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Mainpiece Title: The Resurrection

Music: End Part I: Concerto on French Horn, as17720306 End Part II: A New Concerto on Violin by Cirri-Sga Sirmen (Theatrical Review, p. 218)

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: End Part I: Concerto on French Horn, as17720311 End Part II: New Concerto on Violin by Cirri, as17720320(Theatrical Review, p. 221)

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel; Judith

Music: I: Concerto on French Horn-Spandau; II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: Goliath

Music: First Violin, a Concerto-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: End Part I: Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer; Part II: Violin Concerto-Mr Vashon

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: End Part I: Concerto on the Organ-Burney; After Part II: Concerto on the Violin-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: After Part I: Concerto on Flute-Tacet; After Part II: Concerto on Violin-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Giardini

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Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: End Part I: Hautboy Concerto-Vincent; Part II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: I: New Concerto (Bach)-Tacet, Cramer, Cervetto, Fisher; II: Concerto on Violin-Cramer

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Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea; With Dryden's Ode

Music: End Part I: Concerto on Organ-Stanley; Part II: Violin concerto-Barthelemon

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: I: Concerto on Violincello-Cervetto; II: Concerto on Violin-Cramer

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Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: End Part I: Concerto on Violincello-Paxton; Part II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: I: Concerto (Abel)-Cramer, Cervetto, Fisher; II: Concerto on Violin-Cramer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Hay; Organ-Stanley

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Mainpiece Title: The Resurrection

Music: Hautboy-Simpson; First Violin with a Concerto-Barthelemon