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Handel wrote his last oratorio,
Jephtha, during bouts of blindness in his old age, and the libretto's themes of darkness and innocence inspired some of his finest music. Susan Sharpe introduces a concert performance from Westminster Abbey given in aid of the Handel House Trust.
Choir of Westminster Abbey,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Martin Neary

Contributors

Introduces:
Susan Sharpe
Conductor:
Martin Neary
Iphis:
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Storge:
Della Jones (mezzo)
Hamor:
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Jephtha:
Nigel Robson (tenor)
Zebul:
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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