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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 43: Handel's Solomon
Performance Date19 August 2022
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersIestyn Davies (Solomon),
Anna Dennis (Solomon’s Queen, First Harlot),
Benjamin Hulett (Zadok),
Ashley Riches (A Levite),
Wallis Giunta (Queen of Sheba, Second Harlot) - cast
Orchestra or BandChoir of The English Concert
ChoirsBBC Singers
ConductorsSofi Jeannin
Set List'Solomon’, G F Handel
Performance NotesThe Proms’ ongoing sequence of Handel oratorios continues with Solomon.

Sofi Jeannin conducts early music specialists The English Concert in this mature masterpiece that combines operatic drama with spiritual solemnity in its retelling of the story of the wise King Solomon.

The exhilarating ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ is just one highlight in a work whose intricate choral writing and richly varied orchestration combine in a score of breadth and beauty. American soprano Joélle Harvey and British counter-tenor lestyn Davies lead an all-star cast.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ),
Digital Photographs
URLhttps://rah.chorus.thirdlight.com/link/qrqlnub9quke-3tw745
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2022/69BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 43: Handel's Solomon19 August 2022
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12629BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season69
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/958British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Singers; 1924-; British chamber choir
DS/UK/21607Jeannin; Sofi (1976-); Swedish choral conductor and mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/19476The Choir of the English Concert; 1986-; British choir
DS/UK/5638Davies; Iestyn (1979-); British countertenor
DS/UK/5210Dennis; Anna (fl 2000-); British soprano
DS/UK/5000Hulett; Benjamin (fl 2005-); British tenor
DS/UK/6275Riches; Ashley (fl 2013); English bass-baritone
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