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Handel Esther
Before tonight's concert,
George Guest talks with the Handei scholar Donald
Burrows about the musical strengths and dramatic shortcomings of Esther, heard here in its original 1718 version.
Stephen Alder (bass)
London Handel Choir and Orchestra/Denys Darlow (Concert recorded last April at the London Handel Festival)

Contributors

Unknown:
Handel Esther
Talks:
George Guest
Bass:
Stephen Alder
Esther:
Nancy Argenta (sop)
Israelite woman:
Mona Julsrud (sop)
Priest of the Israelites:
Michael Chance (counter-Tenor)
Ahasuerus:
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Mordecai:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Haman:
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
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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