Handel: Saul

15 Apr 2016, Milton Court Concert Hall

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Handel: Saul

19:00 Fri 15 Apr 2016 Milton Court Concert Hall

The BBC Singers present Handel's most impressive theatrical stage work

Programme

- - George Frideric Handel
  - Saul

Performers

BBC Singers
David Soar
bass
bass
Robert Murray
tenor
tenor
Fflur Wyn
soprano
soprano
Iestyn Davies
counter-tenor
counter-tenor
Elizabeth Atherton
soprano
soprano
St. James' Baroque
ensemble
ensemble
James O’Donnell
conductor
conductor

Composers

George Frideric Handel

Concert Information

Composed at white-heat in the summer of 1739, and a triumphant comeback for Handel after months of poor health, Saul was the longest, largest, most powerfully theatrical English stage work to date. The story of the Israelites’ quest for a king includes the tales of Goliath, the Witch of Endor, and the passionate relationship of David and Jonathan, leavened with murderous jealousy, terrible pathos and tragic greatness – all illuminated by Handel’s finest music.