George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel] Samson Oratorio composed in 1741 Harry Bicket conducts The English Concert & The New Company BBC proms subtitled Singers: Susan Gritton, soprano; Lucy Crowe, soprano, Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Mark Padmore, tenor; Ben Johnson, tenor; Neal Davies, bass; Christopher Purves, bass ****TRACKS**** 0:00:00 sinfonia 0:07:56 chorus: awake the trumpet's lofty sound! 0:09:43 ye men of gaza, hither bring 0:13:35 chorus: awake the trumpet's lofty sound! 0:14:34 torments, alas, are not confined 0:19:16 o change beyond report 0:25:11 total eclipse, no sun, no moon 0:30:15 chorus o first created beam! 0:36:44 thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue 0:42:27 why does the God of israel sleep? 0:47:38 chorus: then shall they know that 0:53:10 no more of earthly joys so false and vain 0:56:55 then round about the starry throne 1:01:04 just are the ways of God to man 1:04:44 return, o God of hosts 1:15:18 with plaintive notes and amorous moan 1:22:05 your charm to ruin led the way 1:25:02 my faith and truth 1:30:31 to fleeting pleasures make your court 1:36:02 traitor to love! 1:38:10 to man God's universal law 1:42:14 honour and arms scorn such a foe 1:48:00 go, baffled coward go 1:52:07 chorus: hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah 1:54:52 to song and dance we give the day 1:58:35 chorus: to song and dance we give the day 2:00:23 chorus: fixed in his everlasting seat 2:04:33 presuming slave, to move their wrath! 2:07:36 chorus: with thunder arm'd great God, arise! 2:12:05 thus when the sun from his watery bed 2:17:19 aria and chorus: the Holy One of Israel be my guide 2:19:58 aria and chorus: great Dagon has subdued our foe 2:24:02 how willing my paternal love 2:28:14 sinfonia 2:28:42 chorus: hear us, our God! Oh, hear our cry! 2:33:23 ye sons, of Israel, now lament 2:35:48 chorus: weep, Israel, weep a louder strain 2:38:11 funeral march 2:24:04 aria and chorus: glorious hero, may thy grave 2:48:12 let the bright Seraphin 2:51:08 let their celestial concerts unite