Paul McCreesh conducts Handel's Saul
Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort & Players and an all-star cast in Handel’s poignant oratorio, Saul.
In 2020, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. The sole work in tonight's concert is one of Handel’s most dramatic and poignant biblical oratorios, Saul, performed complete by leading period-informed collective the Gabrieli Consort & Players, under Paul McCreesh. The cast is led by British bass Neal Davies as the mad king of Israel, with star German counter-tenor Andreas Scholl as his psalm-singing successor.
Davies, Scholl and McCreesh had recorded Saul with the Gabrieli Consort & Players in 2002, for a disc described by Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Magazine as ‘overwhelming’. It was later made First Choice on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3’s Building a Library. Experience the work live in this exhilarating performance from the 2003 Proms season.
Presented by Martin Handley
Handel: Saul
Neal Davies (Saul)
Andreas Scholl (David)
Deborah York (Michal)
Susan Gritton (Merab)
Mark Padmore (Jonathan)
Paul Agnew (High Priest/Witch of Endor)
Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Samuel)
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
(From the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms 2003, 24 August)
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Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Saul, HWV 53 - Part One
Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Deborah York. Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. -
George Frideric Handel
Saul, HWV 53 - Part Two
Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Deborah York. Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. -
George Frideric Handel
Saul, HWV 53 - Part Three
Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Deborah York. Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
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- Sun 16 Aug 2020 21:00Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3
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