Samson

Congresbury Singers

We will begin celebrating our 40th anniversary season at this autumn concert.

The first part of the concert will be extracts from the beautiful Samson oratorio composed by Handel immediately after writing his Messiah. It premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in February 1743, where it had an extremely successful run. It was staged in direct competition to the opera season at the King's Theatre, and was by far the more successful. We will be supported by soloists Elizabeth Glen and Simon Perkins, both of whom have sung with us before.

In contrast to this production, the second part of the concert will feature Michael Hurd’s Swinging Samson, an enormously fun pop cantata.