A virtuous wife shall soften fortune's frown.
She's far more precious than a golden crown.
An oratorio in three acts, in which the wisdom of the boy Daniel saves Susanna from her false accusers, the lustful Elders.
Continuo:
RICHARD COULSON (organ)
DEREK STEVENS (harpsichord) ROSS POPLE (cello)
FRANCIS BAINES (double-bass) TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR
AND ORCHESTRA leader TREVOR WILLIAMS conductor DENYS DARLOW Act 1
8.30. Interval Reading
8.40. Handel: Susanna
The cause is decided, the sentence decreed
Susanna is guilty, and death is her meed.
Acts 2 and 3