Performance on 3 - Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - 16/09/2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A performance of Handel's dramatic oratorio Israel in Egypt, given in the Usher Hall as part of the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival. Handel gave the lion's share of the Biblical story of Moses leading the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the chorus, who recreate the world of fire and brimstone, plagues and war in some of the most descriptive music Handel ever wrote. Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono (soprano) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Mark Tucker (tenor) Matthew Brook, Henry Waddington (bass) Edinburgh Festival Chorus Scottish Chamber Orchestra Emmanuelle Haim (conductor) Handel: Israel in Egypt Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including from 1979: Ravel: Scheherazade Jessye Norman (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) James Galway (flute) John Harrington (viola).