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Handel: Israel in Egypt

Duration: 20 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

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Stephen Johnson explores Handel's choral work Israel in Egypt. It was the result of a change of musical direction, as an unsuccessful opera season in 1738 led him to the oratorio. Show more

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