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It was first used by Handel in the oratorio Saul (1739), and later in the 1739 revivals of his Il Trionfo del Tempo and Acis and Galatea, and the next year in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.
In 1734, George Frederic Handel's opera L'Oreste (based on Giangualberto Barlocci’s Roman libretto of 1723), was premiered in London's Covent Garden.
Every spring, they perform a major oratorio with professional soloists and orchestra, including most recently Mendelssohn's Elijah and Handel's Hercules.