St. Peter (Benedict) vs Samson
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St. Peter (Benedict)
St. Peter is an English oratorio by the German-born composer Julius Benedict, completed and performed in 1870. The work takes the apostle Peter as its central subject and presents episodes from his life through solo numbers, ensembles, and choral movements. It belongs to the nineteenth-century British oratorio tradition, in which biblical narratives were written for concert performance by vocal so...
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Samson
Samson is an English language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed at Covent Garden in London in 1743. Newburgh Hamilton's libretto draws principally on John Milton's dramatic poem Samson Agonistes, with additional biblical material concerning the captive Israelite hero and his conflict with the Philistines. Written for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, the work includes the la...
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