First performance of Haydn’s CREATION in l’Église de CLAVIERS, 7PM, 7 August 2025
Thursday 7 August, 19:00
Claviers, Église Saint-Sylvestre
£0.00 – £30.00
Initial performance of this resounding oratorio in the 2025 Festival conductor: Graham Ross The choir & orchestra last performed this work in German at the 2018 festival: Die Schöpfung. This time it will be sung in English. There will be one interval (including refreshments) between parts 1 and 2 – and a brief pause between the 2nd & 3rd parts. PERFORMERS: Maestro – Graham Ross , Soprano – Rebecca Hardwick , Mezzo-Soprano – Hannah Dienes-Williams , Tenor – Aidan Coburn , Baritone – Malachy Frame , Festival Choir & Orchestra of Musique-Cordiale
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Description
We can now confirm the venue in the lovely church in Claviers, Canton of Dracenie, courtesy of M. Le Maire
Initial performance of this resounding oratorio in the 2025 Festival
conductor: Graham Ross
Haydn finished "The Creation" in 1798, nearly seven years after his friend Mozart's death. Considered by many to be one of his masterpieces, this oratorio depicts and celebrates a a widely-believed version of "the creation of the world" as narrated in the Book of Genesis. One of the most famous moments of Haydn's The Creation is when the chorus sings, “and there was light.”
The work is structured in three parts and scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and a symphonic orchestra. In parts I and II, depicting the creation, the soloists represent the archangels Raphael (bass), Uriel (tenor) and Gabriel (soprano). In part III, the bass and soprano represent Adam and Eve.
The first public performance was held in Vienna at the old Burgtheater on 19 March 1799. The oratorio was published with the text in German and English in 1800.
The choir & orchestra last performed this work in German at the 2018 festival: Die Schöpfung. This time it will be sung in English.
There will be one interval (including refreshments) between parts 1 and 2 - and a brief pause between the 2nd & 3rd parts.
PERFORMERS:
Maestro – Graham Ross
Soprano – Rebecca Hardwick
Mezzo-Soprano – Hannah Dienes-Williams
Tenor - Aidan Coburn
Baritone – Malachy Frame
Choir & Orchestra of Musique-Cordiale
There will be another performance of this work at the closing Festival Concert in Seillans on Saturday 9 August.