{"id":597,"date":"2012-10-11T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T08:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=597"},"modified":"2012-10-11T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T08:42:25","slug":"handel-saul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Handel: Saul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=598\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saul001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sixteen, Harry Christophers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CORO COR 16103\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73:36, 48:19, 40:44<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Saul <\/em>is one of the earliest of Handel\u2019s oratorios and has not fared as well over the years, being remembered mainly for its funeral march. This is a pity for it is a magnificent score and here gets a superlative performance. Most impressive is the lightness of touch with Harry Christophers brings to the score. There is a high sense of dramatic action in process, with the clash between Christopher Purves\u2019 Saul and Sarah Connolly\u2019s David at its heart. Numbers are never rushed but there is a sense of inevitability about the narrative which carries us swiftly towards its tragic climax. Handel not only draws on the organ continuo to fine effect but includes a carillon for special effects.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixteen have a strong vocal line-up with many soloists in the making, and bring vivacity and joy to their choral items. BH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers CORO COR 16103\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73:36, 48:19, 40:44 &nbsp; Saul is one of the earliest of Handel\u2019s oratorios and has not fared as well over the years, being remembered mainly for its funeral march. This is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=597\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}