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Haydn The Creation
Mark Elder conductor
Sally Matthews soprano; Timothy Robinson tenor Hallé debut; Andrew Foster-Williams bass; Hallé Choir
From its remarkable opening evocation of chaos to the stunning moment marking the invention of light, The Creation is full of fresh and vivid musical imagery. Alongside evocative pictures of storms, sun, moon and stars, the pastoral side is charmingly represented by clarinet larks, bassoon doves and flute nightingale. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve experience the mystery as well as the beauty of Paradise, loosely based on Milton’s Paradise Lost, in music of stunning simplicity. Mark Elder conducts Haydn’s greatest, life-enhancing choral work which includes such familiar choruses as “The Heavens are telling the Glory of God”.
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