*p1773 03 19 cg A Pasticio with Concertos. Act I a Pasticcio consisting of select airs and concertos-; <i>Symphony</i>-; <i>Song</i>-Ristorini; Accompanied Recitative and song-Reinhold (composed by $Giordani=); A new Song-Miss Venables (composed by $Mr Arne=); Chorus-Mr Nigri; <i>song</i>-Mrs Mattocks (composed by $Bach=); New <i>Song</i>-Mrs Barthelemon (composed by $Mr Barthelemon=; accompanied on the French Horn-Sg Spandau; a <i>Song</i>-Miss Catley (composed by $Dr Arne=); .*m1773 03 19 cg I: <i>Concerto</i> on violin-Barthelmon; II: a Serenata <i>Beauty and Virtue</i>-; translated from $Metastasio= and composed by $Dr Arne=; II: <i>Concerto on Organ</i>-Mr Arne; III: (Never Performed) The <i>Thunder Ode</i> written on the Hurricanes of the <i>West Indies</i>, by $Mr Arne=, Principal singers-Miss Catley, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Venables, Sg Ristorini, Mrs Barthelemon, Mr Reinhold; The <i>concertos</i>-Barthelemon, Spandau, Mr Arne.*c1773 03 19 cg [<i>Pasticcio</i>: an opera, cantata, or other composition made up of various pieces from different authors or sources. See $H. Walpole= to $Mann=, 1 Nov. 1752, Our Operas begin tomorrow with a pasticcio full of most of my favourite songs." <i>Grove's Dictionary</i>, II, 688: "A species of lyric drama composed of airs, duets and other movements selected from different sources and so grouped as to provide a mixed audience with the greatest possible number of favourite airs in succession." See favorable notice 20 March in the <i>Public Advertiser</i>. The <i>Westminster Magazine</i> remarked of Oratorio season at <i>cg</i>: "They have not possessed so uninterrupted a flow of success, but we remember that they have experienced more barren seasons. The instrumental band is superior to that at the other house, and the vocal not at all inferior. At this house they have produced selections of musical pieces, by the most capital masters, arranged so as to form entire entertainments. In general these are very agreeable." See 20 March.] Charges: #35.