The Handel Oratorios

Since 1974, Donald Teeters has led The Boston Cecilia in historically-informed performances of virtually all of Handel's dramatic oratorios.

Listed in order of composition

Dramatic Oratorios

Acis and Galatea* - October 25, 1974

Deborah - November 20, 1998

Athalia - March 21, 1982

Saul - November 21, 1993

Samson - October 14, 2001

Semele - March 28, 1981

Joseph and His Brethren - November 15, 1997

Hercules - March 20, 1988

Belshazzar - October 24, 1982

Judas Maccabaeus - October 22, 1989

Joshua - November 5, 1995

Solomon - February 27, 1987

The Choice of Hercules - November 5, 2005

Jephtha - March 12, 1995 and March 13, 2011

Other Oratorios, Odes, etc.

Alexander’s Feast * - October 17, 1992

Israel in Egypt - October 26, 1991

St. Cecilia Ode**

L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato*** - October 26, 1996

Messiah - April 9, 2000

Other Boston Cecilia Handel Concerts

300th Birthday Concert - February 23, 1985

Gala Handel Birthday Concert - February 24, 2008 (Celebrating Donald Teeters' 40th Anniversary as Music Director)

The Italian Handel (miscellaneous Italian-influenced works) March 4, 1984 and November 16, 2002

*also in modern instrument performance, November 19, 1972
**not with period instruments
***also in modern instrument performance, without il Moderato, February 28, 1976