Soloists Neal Davies and Iestyn Davies join period-instrument orchestra The English Concert for Handel's masterpiece of Baroque vocal music.
Neal Davies takes the title role in Handels Saul, joining Iestyn Davies, and exemplary period-instrument orchestra The English Concert under conductor Bernard Labadie for one of the true masterpieces of Baroque vocal music.
Saul is an opera in all but name, containing some of the composers most vivid music, and one of the largest, most colourful orchestrations he ever wrote. It tells of the first King of Israels early admiration and later envy and hatred towards his successor, David, and Davids love for Sauls son Jonathan, in moving arias and powerful choruses that chart a cathartic journey from triumph to tragedy.
Sung in English with supertitles.
With support from
The English Concert
Bernard Labadie Conductor
Neal Davies Saul
Iestyn Davies David
Handel Saul