Handel: Oratorio Samson 38. Air Samson (Mark Padmore) Your charms to ruin led the way

Oratorio Samson 38. Air Samson (Mark Padmore) Your charms to ruin led the way
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: Samson Your charms to ruin led the way (from oratorio SAMSON)

38. Air Samson

Your charms to ruin led the way,
My sense deprav’d,
My strength enslavd,
As I did love, you did betray.
How great the curse, how hard my fate
To pass life’s sea with such a mate!