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Choir Works

BBC Radio 3
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Handel's great oratorio
Israel in Egypt, composed in 1738 and famous for its double choruses, depicts the plagues of Egypt and the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea.
Brian Wright talks to
Michael Burden about
Handel's ability to conjure up vivid pictures in music. Nancy Argenta (soprano) Mona Spagele (mezzo) Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Glyn Evans (tenor)
Robert Milne (baritone) James Patterson (bass) Stuttgart Chamber Choir National Arts Centre
Orchestra, conductor
Frieder Bernius
Producer Gautam Rangarajan

Contributors

Talks:
Brian Wright
Unknown:
Michael Burden
Soprano:
Nancy Argenta
Soprano:
Mona Spagele
Unknown:
Daniel Taylor
Tenor:
Glyn Evans
Baritone:
Robert Milne
Bass:
James Patterson
Conductor:
Frieder Bernius
Producer:
Gautam Rangarajan
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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