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Choir Works

BBC Radio 3
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The Handel season continues with his dramatic oratorio Belshazzar.
Both a pageant of decadent living and a tale of fate. the libretto by Charles Jennens tells of the collapse of Babylon as seen through the eyes of the queen Nitocris and her son
Belshazzar. Brian Wright and Robert King introduce a performance given at last year's York Early Music Festival.
Choir of New College, Oxford, the King's Consort, director Robert King See also Thursday 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Jennens
Unknown:
Robert King
Director:
Robert King
Nitocns:
Lorna Anderson (soprano)
Cyrus:
Catherine Denley (mezzo)
Belshazzar:
Barry Banks (tenor)
Daniel:
James Bowman (countertenor)
Gobrias:
Michael George (bass-Baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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