BBC Proms 2022 - Prom 43 - Handel’s Solomon (320kbps /mp3)


Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC 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.

01. Handel, Solomon, Act I
01a. Introduction to Prom 43
01b. Interval, Prom 43
Suzanne Aspden talks to Hannah French about Handel's Solomon.
02. Handel, Solomon, Act II
02a. Commentary after Handel, Solomon, Act II
03. Handel, Solomon, Act III

Iestyn Davies - Solomon
Anna Dennis - Solomon’s Queen/First Harlot
Benjamin Hulett - Zadok
Ashley Riches - A Levite
Wallis Giunta - Queen of Sheba/Second Harlot
BBC Singers
The English Concert
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

‘Thy harmony's divine, great king
All, all obey the artist's string.
And now, illustrious prince, receive
Such tribute as my realm can give.’

A musician as monarch: what could be more perfect? Handel’s 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 – arguably Britain’s finest living counter-tenor – lavishes all his eloquence and dramatic power on the title-role, as the period instruments of The English Concert, and the BBC Singers under their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin, bring Handel’s vision to majestic life.

First broadcast:   19 August 2022
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