Prom 41 - Handel's Belshazzar [BBC Proms]

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Prom 41 - Part 120080816From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Charles Mackerras conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an international cast in Handel's oratorio Belshazzar. With a libretto by Charles Jennens (who wrote the text for Saul and Messiah), the work is based on the Old Testament story of the downfall of the Babylonian king.

Handel: Belshazzar (Act 1)

Belshazzar - Paul Groves

Nitocris - Rosemary Joshua

Cyrus - Bejun Mehta

Daniel - Iestyn Davies

Gobrias - Robert Gleadow

Choir of the Enlightenment

Charles Mackerras (conductor).

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Charles Mackerras in Handel's Belshazzar.

Prom 41 - Part 220080816Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Charles Mackerras in Belshazzar (Acts 2 and 3)