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: Great Dagon
71. Air
Philistine, at a distance
Great Dagon has subdu’d our foe
And brought their boasted hero low:
Sound out his pow’r in notes divine
Praise him with mirth, high cheer and wine.
72. Chorus of Philistines, at a distance
Great Dagon has subdu’d our foe.
And brought their boasted hero low:
Sound out his pow’r in notes divine
Praise him with mirth, high cheer and wine.
Haendel. Oratorio Samson HWV 57