Chorus of Israelites and Philistines – 59 – 60 Harry Bicket
Samson – Händel
Susan Gritton – Dalila
Iestyn Davies – Micah
Mark Padmore – Samson
Neal Davies – Manoa
Christopher Purves – Harapha
Lucy Crowe – Israelite woman / Philsitine woman / Virgin
Ben Johnson – Israelite man / Philistine man / Messenger
The Choir of The English Concert
The New Company
The English Concert
Harry Bicket conductor
BBC Prom – Royal Albert Hall
20 August 2009
Händel: To song and dance & Fix’d in his everlasting seat (from SAMSON)
59. Chorus of Philistines
To song and dance we give the day,
Which shows thy universal sway.
Protect us by thy mighty hand.
And sweep this race from out the land!
60. Chorus of Israelites and Philistines
Fix’d in his everlasting seat,
Jehovah / Great Dagon rules the world in state.
His thunder roars, Heav’n shakes, and earth’s aghast,
The stars with deep amaze,
Remain in stedfast gaze.
Jehovah / Great Dagon is of Gods the first and last.
Haendel. Oratorio Samson HWV 57