The Choir of The English Concert – Samson – Handel – 64. Chorus of Israelites With thunder arm'd

Händel: With thunder arm’d

64. Chorus of Israelites
With thunder arm’d, great God, arise!
Help, Lord, or Israel’s champion dies!
To thy protection this thy servant take,
And save, oh, save us for thy servant’s sake!
With thunder arm’d. . . da capo

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

Entrada principal

Haendel. Oratorio Samson HWV 57