Plot: 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

BBC Proms - Season 63 - Prom 47: Handel's Samson (Episode 14)
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, August 20 2009
16 years ago
Thursday, August 20 2009
16 years ago