Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights

15th August 2009 Season 63 Episode 13

To celebrate Handel's 250th anniversary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen perform some favourite Handel hits, including the coronation anthem Zadok the Priest, the ever-popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and the aria Endless Pleasure from his opera Semele, with soprano Carolyn Sampson as soloist. Martha Kearney presents and is joined by some of the artists and other special guests.

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Season 63 · Episode 14

Prom 47: Handel's Samson

Suzy Klein introduces a performance of Handel's oratorio Samson, which tells the dramatic story of the last days of the great Israelite warrior. Composed within a few weeks of Handel's Messiah and based on a text by John Milton, it became one of Handel's most successful and popular oratorios. Harry Bicket conducts a starry line-up of British singers, including Susan Gritton as Dalila and Mark Padmore as Samson

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