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Haydn: The Creation

Part of the Hereford Choral Society 2019-20

Add to my Calendar 14-03-2020 19:30 14-03-2020 21:30 36 Haydn: The Creation For the final concert of its season Hereford Choral Society presents Haydn’s The Creation, taking us from its famous ‘Representation of Chaos’ via the glorious creation of light, to the idyllic life of Adam and Eve in Eden – before everything went wrong. Inspired by his visits to London, where he had heard the oratorios of Handel, this was one of Haydn’s greatest undertakings: while Handel composed Messiah in just over three weeks, the composition of The Creation took nearly eighteen months. The libretto’s combination of the Book of Genesis, the Psalms, and Milton’s Paradise Lost, was an excellent poetic springboard for Haydn’s marvellous musical imagination, clearly excited by the enormous topic at hand. Hereford Cathedral, Hereford DD/MM/YYYY

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Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2NG
England

Programme

Joseph Haydn – The Creation

Performers

Joanne Lunn – soprano
Gwilym Bowen – tenor
David Stout – baritone
Geraint Bowen – Conductor

Hereford Choral Society
Marches Baroque

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Programme Note

For the final concert of its season Hereford Choral Society presents Haydn’s The Creation, taking us from its famous ‘Representation of Chaos’ via the glorious creation of light, to the idyllic life of Adam and Eve in Eden – before everything went wrong.

Inspired by his visits to London, where he had heard the oratorios of Handel, this was one of Haydn’s greatest undertakings: while Handel composed Messiah in just over three weeks, the composition of The Creation took nearly eighteen months. The libretto’s combination of the Book of Genesis, the Psalms, and Milton’s Paradise Lost, was an excellent poetic springboard for Haydn’s marvellous musical imagination, clearly excited by the enormous topic at hand.

Hereford Choral Society [Credit Ashleigh Cadet]

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