Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: the 麻豆社 Singers and The English Concert with conductor Sofi Jeannin perform Handel's Solomon, featuring Iestyn Davies as Solomon.
Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: the 麻豆社 Singers and The English Concert with conductor Sofi Jeannin perform Handel's Solomon with a stunning cast of soloists including Iestyn Davies as Solomon.
Presented by Hannah French live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Handel: Solomon
19.00 Act I
20:00 Interval: Suzanne Aspden talks to Hannah French about Handel's Solomon.
20:20 Act II & III
Iestyn Davies - Solomon
Anna Dennis - Solomon鈥檚 Queen/First Harlot
Benjamin Hulett - Zadok
Ashley Riches - A Levite
Wallis Giunta - Queen of Sheba/Second Harlot
麻豆社 Singers
The English Concert
Sofi Jeannin - conductor
鈥楾hy harmony's divine, great king
All, all obey the artist's string.
And now, illustrious prince, receive
Such tribute as my realm can give.鈥�
A musician as monarch: what could be more perfect? Handel鈥檚 Solomon (1749) is a celebration of a nation (and a genius) at the height of its confidence, and with its libretto by Moses Mendes, this lavish oratorio is the gloriously tuneful product of a diverse and fast-changing society. Iestyn Davies 鈥� arguably Britain鈥檚 finest living counter-tenor 鈥� lavishes all his eloquence and dramatic power on the title-role, as the period instruments of The English Concert, and the 麻豆社 Singers under their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin, bring Handel鈥檚 vision to majestic life.
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