Name: Director’s Series: Haydn’s Die Schöpfung The Creation: from Genesis to Milton’s Paradise Lost
Start: 2024-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: National Presbyterian Church

Organization

Dyrygent

Dana Marsh

Sopran

Michele Kennedy

Gabriel

Edmund Milly

Raphael

Baryton

Adam

Tenor

Thomas Cooley

Uriel

Orchestra

Washington Bach Consort Orchestra

Others

Washington Bach Consort Chorus

Washington Bach Consort

Director’s Series: Haydn’s Die Schöpfung The Creation: from Genesis to Milton’s Paradise Lost

Waszyngton

Stany Zjednoczone

National Presbyterian Church

Director’s Series: Haydn’s Die Schöpfung The Creation: from Genesis to Milton’s Paradise Lost: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 Haydn,FJ

Public

Stworzenie świata

Approved

Completed five decades after Bach’s death, Die Schöpfung (The Creation) offers a significant milestone in the development of the oratorio genre. Strongly influenced by Handel’s definitive examples of the high Baroque, Haydn’s Creation conveys Gottfried van Swieten’s German libretto in sharp musical focus, with vivid characterizations of the creation story described in the book of Genesis. Beginning with the captivating orchestral representation of Chaos, we experience a world brought into beautiful order in seven days, culminating with the union of Adam and Eve. This epic work is best experienced live, sung in the language of its premiere performance (German) and played on period instruments of the Classical era, allowing for the deepest possible level of connection with the musical drama.

Michele Kennedy, soprano 

Thomas Cooley, tenor

Edmund Milly, bass

 

Running time: TBA


Join us for Talking Bach at 3 p.m. The series of free pre-concert lectures by noted Bach scholar, Michael Marissen, are presented one hour before Director’s Series performances.

English

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Obsada

Ensemble