The Handel Oratorios
Since 1974, Donald Teeters 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