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Saul (Handel)
''Saul'' (HWV 53) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts written by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens. Taken from the First Book of Samuel, the story of ''Saul'' focuses on the first king of Israel's relationship with his eventual successor, David; one which turns from admiration to envy and hatred, ultimately leading to the downfall of the eponymous monarch. The work, which Handel composed in 1738, includes the famous "Dead March", a funeral anthem for Saul and his son Jonathan, and some of the composer's most dramatic choral pieces. ''Saul'' was first performed at the King's Theatre in London on 16 January 1739.
The work was a success at its London premiere and was revived by Handel in subsequent seasons.
==Background==
The German-born Handel had been resident in London since 1712 and had there enjoyed great success as a composer of Italian operas. His opportunities to set English texts to music had been more limited; he had spent the years 1717 to 1719 as composer in residence to the wealthy Duke of Chandos where he had written church anthems and two stage works, ''Acis and Galatea'' and ''Esther''; and had composed vocal music to English words for various royal occasions, including a set of Coronation anthems for George II in 1727, which had made a huge impact.〔 In 1731, a performance of the 1718 version of ''Esther'', a work in English based on a Biblical drama by Jean Racine, was given in London without Handel's participation and had proved popular, so Handel revised the work and planned to present it at the theatre where his Italian operas were being presented. However the Bishop of London would not permit a drama based on a Biblical story to be acted out on the stage, and therefore Handel presented ''Esther'' in concert form, thus giving birth to the English oratorio.
''Esther'' in its revised form proved a popular work, and Handel, though still continuing to focus on composition of Italian operas, followed ''Esther'' with two more sacred dramas with English words to be presented in concert form, ''Deborah'', and ''Athalia'' (which, like ''Esther'', was also based on a Biblical drama by Racine), both in 1733.
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