BBC Proms
Season 63 Episode 14 - Prom 47: Handel's Samson
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
Episodes in Season 63
First Night at the Proms
Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary
Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon
Prom 12: 1934
Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn
Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann
Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
180 min
Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra
Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights
Prom 47: Handel's Samson
Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan
Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio
Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin
Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night
Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
180 min