Haydn Creation: Tickets on sale
| Type of post: | News |
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| Posted By: | Gareth Truran |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Fri, 2 May 2025 |
For his final concert as Music Director of St Albans Choral Society, George Vass has chosen Joseph Haydn’s magnum opus, The Creation. A three-part oratorio composed in 1798, it celebrates the creation of the world as depicted in Milton’s Paradise Lost and the book of Genesis. Complete with a cast of characters and something of a cinematic orchestral score, the work plays out as a musical drama, changing landscapes and scenes summoned one after the other.
The Creation is Haydn’s crowning masterpiece, a joyful balm in times of trouble. There is no terrifying God found anywhere in this wonderfully positive oratorio, which Haydn hoped would serve as a source of comfort to those suffering difficulties. The prevailing mood is exuberant, radiant and delights in God’s works. This spirit of unbounded joy and celebration has helped The Creation to endure throughout the years, a spiritual masterpiece for a secular age.
St Albans Choral Society is joined by Sophia Jin (soprano), Matthew Sotillo-Cooke (tenor), Robert Rice (baritone) and the Blaze Ensemble.
The concert will finish at approximately 9:30pm, and will include an interval where refreshments will be served.
The Creation is Haydn’s crowning masterpiece, a joyful balm in times of trouble. There is no terrifying God found anywhere in this wonderfully positive oratorio, which Haydn hoped would serve as a source of comfort to those suffering difficulties. The prevailing mood is exuberant, radiant and delights in God’s works. This spirit of unbounded joy and celebration has helped The Creation to endure throughout the years, a spiritual masterpiece for a secular age.
St Albans Choral Society is joined by Sophia Jin (soprano), Matthew Sotillo-Cooke (tenor), Robert Rice (baritone) and the Blaze Ensemble.
The concert will finish at approximately 9:30pm, and will include an interval where refreshments will be served.
