Written 5 years after Messiah, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus recounts the story of a successful revolt against religious persecution by an occupying power. We'll hear it on this week's Choral Showcase for the First Night of Hanukkah.
Show Notes
George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
- Guy de Mey, tenor (Judas); Lisa Saffer, soprano (Israelite Woman); Patricia Spence, mezzo-soprano (Israelite Man); David Thomas, bass (Simon); Brian Asawa, countertenor (Messenger); Leroy Kromm, bass-baritone (Eupolemus)
- U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- Nicholas McGegan, conductor