Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Other spaces: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	20th August 2009
To	20th August 2009
When	18:30
Prices	From £7.00. To £35.00.
What is currently on at Royal Albert Hall (V221)

Prom 47

T0504057706
Part of the BBC Proms.

Archive :: production:T0504057706, concert:S5978, venue:V221

The English Concert

Based on Milton and miraculously composed within a month of Messiah (Prom 68), Handel's Samson opens with Israel's former champion blinded and imprisoned but ends in triumph as he topples the temple of Dagon down upon the feasting Philistines and, through his suicide, sets his people free. In the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, the hero's heartbreaking lament over his lost sight, 'Total eclipse! No sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!' - gains added poignancy from the knowledge that Handel himself would soon go blind. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket makes his Proms debut conducting a starry line-up of British singers, several making their second appearance this season. Approx finish time: 22:20

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Company

Performer	Susan Gritton (Dalila)
Performer	Iestyn Davies (Micah)
Performer	Mark Padmore (Samson)
Performer	Neal Davies (Manoa)
Performer	Christopher Purves (Harapha)
Performer	Lucy Crowe (Israelite woman / Philsitine woman / Virgin)
Performer	Ben Johnson (Israelite man / Philistine man / Messenger)
Company	Choir of the English Concert
Company	The New Company
Company	English Concert
Conductor	Harry Bicket

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