| Main Performers | Zoë Brookshaw,
Rowan Pierce,
Christopher Lowrey,
Jeremy Budd,
Dingle Yandell,
Callum Thorpe - vocals |
| Orchestra or Band | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
| Choirs | Choir of the Age of Enlightenment |
| Set List | 'Israel in Egypt (original 1739 version)', Handel |
| Performance Notes | Filled with frogs, locusts, hailstones and rivers of blood, Israel in Egypt is one of Handels most extravagantly dramatic oratorios. Placing the chorus in the spotlight, Handel uses the collective voices to tell the story of an entire people, demanding greater virtuosity than ever before in some thrilling choral writing.William Christie conducts the period ensemble the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, joined by the groups own choir, in the launch of a series of Handel oratorios to be performed over the coming seasons at the Proms.
There was one interval after Part 1.
This event was updated from that listed in BBC Proms 2017: Festival Guide.
Proms and Royal Albert Hall debuts from Zoë Brookshaw, Rowan Pierce, Christopher Lowrey and Dingle Yandell. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/69),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28) |