The Creation by Joseph Haydn
Wiltshire
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8AX
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8AX

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Salisbury Musical Society perform Haydn's glorious masterpiece, The Creation, accompanied by the internationally acclaimed The Hanover Band. The oratorio, composed in 1798, celebrates the creation of the world as depicted in Milton's Paradise Lost and the Biblical book of Genesis. The work plays out as a musical drama, with changing landscapes and scenes summoned one after the other before the audience's eyes.
The Creation is divided into three parts: 1 and 2 give an account of the six days of the Creation itself, including vivid musical word-painting, such as the storm scenes, the wonderful sunrise music and the colourful depiction of various animals and birds. Part 3 introduces us to Adam and Eve who sing of the wonder and perfection of God's newly created world and of their happiness together.
Inspired in part by Handel's Messiah, The Creation is Haydn's crowning masterpiece. A terrifying God is nowhere to be found in this optimistic oratorio, which Haydn hoped would serve as a source of comfort to those burdened by cares. Precisely this spirit of unbounded joy and celebration has helped The Creation to endure throughout the years, a spiritual masterpiece for a secular age.
Salisbury Musical Society will be performing with The Hanover Band, probably Britain’s finest period instrument orchestra
Soloists:
Hilary Cronin - soprano
Guy Cutting - tenor
Malachy Frame - baritone
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