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Sacred Dramas

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The second of seven programmes which follow Handel's own tradition of presenting oratorios during Lent.
Israel in Egypt
Music by Handel LYNNE DAWSON (soprano) TESSA BONNER (soprano) EIRIAN JAMES (contralto) NEIL JENKINS (tenor) DAVID THOMAS (bass)
RICHARD WISTREICH (baSS) TAVERNER CHOIR
TAVERNER PLAYERS led by JOHN HOLLOWAY conducted by ANDREW PARROTT Part 1: Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
Part 2: Exodus
3.40-3.45* Duncan Chisholm presents contemporary readings which compare the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt to the state of 18th-century England. Part 3: Moses' Song

Contributors

Soprano:
Handel Lynne Dawson
Soprano:
Tessa Bonner
Unknown:
John Holloway
Conducted By:
Andrew Parrott
Unknown:
Duncan Chisholm
Source: Radio Times

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