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Last broadcast on Tue, 16 Sep 2008, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
A performance of Handel's dramatic oratorio Israel in Egypt, given in the Usher Hall as part of the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival. Handel gave the lion's share of the Biblical story of Moses leading the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the chorus, who recreate the world of fire and brimstone, plagues and war in some of the most descriptive music Handel ever wrote.
Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono (soprano)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Mark Tucker (tenor)
Matthew Brook, Henry Waddington (bass)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including from 1979:
Ravel: Scheherazade
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
James Galway (flute)
John Harrington (viola).
Broadcast
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Tue 16 Sep 200819:00
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