Due to the impact of COVID-19 the programme and date for this concert has changed. Existing tickets for this concert are still valid for Mozart & Dvořák, Thursday 16 July, 7.30pm. If you wish to attend and already have a ticket there is no need to get in touch and we look forward to seeing you.

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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)

 

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