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Plymouth Philharmonic Choir

Minster Church of St Andrew

Presented by: Plymouth Philharmonic Choir

0	PLYMOUTH: Minster Church of St Andrew
P	Saturday 25th November, 2023
N	6:15pm

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Following on from the tremendous success in 2022 of Judas Maccabaeus, the season opener is another of Handel’s great oratorios, Samson. The plot upon which this work is based is as dramatic and captivating as that in any modern-day soap opera. It involves betrayal, as Delilah cut Samson’s hair whilst he slept, torture, imprisonment, attempted re-seduction and reconciliation, insult, humiliation and destruction in an encounter between sworn enemies, the Philistines and Israelites.
Handel’s compositional genius is clearly evident bringing to life the characters with alluring violins for Delilah’s seductive aria, the swagger of the music for Samson’s tormentor, Harapha, the solemn gravity for the Israelites and the hedonistic choruses for the Philistines.