Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Soprano Anna Leese
Tenor Andrew Goodwin
Bass Thomas E Bauer
New Zealand Symposium Choir
Director John Rosser
Haydn The Creation
‘I was never so devout as during the time I was working on The Creation,’ wrote Haydn. The Genesis story gave him a matchless opportunity to depict the glories of nature – the animals and birds, the woodlands, the sea, the stars – and, in music of astonishing originality, the chaos before God created the world.
The Creation was suggested by Handel’s oratorios, but its music is quite different to Handelian grandiosity. It encapsulates Haydn at his best: genial, witty, wise, always open to awe and wonder and to an uncomplicated enjoyment of life.
Performed in association with the World Symposium on Choral Music 2020 (WSCM)
$2 per hour to a max of $12 on weekends and a $12 flat rate for weekday evenings at The Civic car park. Find out more.