Handel Israel in Egypt
Soloists: Sarah Simmonds, Jo Boddison (Soprano), Stephen Power (Alto), Richard Pratt (Tenor)
Both choir and orchestra gave superbly polished and disciplined performances
Review by Grahame Whitehead for Nottingham Evening Post
Mar 08, 2008
Handel’s sacred oratorio Israel in Egypt is both a spiritual reflection on the Exodus story and a dramatic recreation of the accounts of the Plagues and the Red Sea crossing. Both elements were strongly conveyed under Paul Hale, who brought out the…