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Jephtha

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Oratorio in three acts Music by Handel Libretto by THOMAS MORELL
The biblical story of a father who vows to sacrifice the first living thing he sees on returning home, on the condition that God grants him victory in battle. His daughter is anxious to greet her victorious father....
LONDON BAROQUE CHOIR
LONDON BAROQUE directed by CHARLES MEDLAM
Between the acts at 8.20* and
9.15*, Piers Burton-Page reads from HOWARD MAYER BROWN 'S contribution to Authenticity and Early Music: A Symposium, edited by Nicholas Kenyon.

Contributors

Music By:
Handel Libretto
Unknown:
Thomas Morell
Directed By:
Charles Medlam
Directed By:
Piers Burton-Page
Unknown:
Howard Mayer Brown
Edited By:
Nicholas Kenyon.
Jephtha:
Howard Crook (tenor)
Zebul:
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Storge:
Mary Nichols (contralto)
Iphis:
Emma Kirkby(soprano)
Hamor:
Christopher Robson
Angel:
Deborah Roberts (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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