BBC Proms · SEASON 63
Prom 47: Handel's Samson
Episode 14 · 2009-08-20
- Documentary
Episode overview
Suzy Klein introduces a performance of Handel's oratorio Samson, which tells the dramatic story of the last days of the great Israelite warrior. Composed within a few weeks of Handel's Messiah and based on a text by John Milton, it became one of Handel's most successful and popular oratorios. Harry Bicket conducts a starry line-up of British singers, including Susan Gritton as Dalila and Mark Padmore as Samson
Season 63 episodes
1. First Night at the Proms2009-07-17
2. Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary2009-07-23
3. Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon2009-07-24
4. Prom 12: 19342009-07-25
5. Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn2009-07-30
6. Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann2009-07-31
7. Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals2009-08-01
8. Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony2009-08-06
9. Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen2009-08-07
10. Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra2009-08-08
11. Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring2009-08-13
12. Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus2009-08-14
13. Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights2009-08-15
14. Prom 47: Handel's Samson2009-08-20
15. Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan2009-08-21
16. Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio2009-08-22
17. Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin2009-08-27
18. Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night2009-08-28
19. Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra2009-08-29
20. Prom 64: Jurowski & London Philharmonic2009-09-03
21. Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester2009-09-04
22. Prom 53: Composers of the Year2009-09-05
23. Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra2009-09-10
24. Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony2009-09-11
25. Last Night of the Proms - Part One2009-09-12
26. Last Night of the Proms - Part Two2009-09-12
100. Episode 1002009-09-19
101. Episode 101
