First of five programmes in which Jane Glover introduces performances of oratorios from the composer's final decade. The series starts with Susanna, a tale of steadfast virtue in the face of false accusation, first heard at Covent Garden in February 1749.
First elder JEFFREY THOMAS (tenor)
Second elder....D/MD THOMAS (bass)
University of California,
Berkeley, Chamber Chorus Philharmonia Baroque
Orchestra/Nicholas McGegan Producer Lindsay Kemp Discs