Name: Haydn The Creation
Start: 2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Soprano

Lucy Crowe

Tenor

Andrew Staples

Baritone

Roderick Williams

Conductor

Harry Christophers

Chorus master

Simon Halsey

Simon Rattle

London Symphony Orchestra

Others

London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

Béarla

Haydn The Creation

London

United Kingdom

PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
The Creation (sung in English)

Recording: March 3 2022 - Barbican Hall | London
Director: 
Duration: 01:49

Barbican Centre

Haydn The Creation: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

‘Let there be light! The LSO toasts the Barbican’s 40th birthday with Haydn’s Creation – music that always sounds young – plus a series of pre-concert performances on the Barbican foyers showcasing a new generation of performers and creators.

Out of chaos comes wonder; from darkness, light. Haydn’s oratorio The Creation is more than just a gloriously tuneful retelling of the Book of Genesis. Inspired by Haydn’s visits to London and the optimism of the Enlightenment, it’s a celebration of the act of creativity itself, overflowing with majesty, humour and the sheer, irrepressible joy of life.

What better way to mark the 40th anniversary of our home, the Barbican, than with the full London Symphony Chorus, an unsurpassable team of soloists, and music that – 224 years after its premiere in Vienna – sounds as fresh as the day it was first imagined.

English

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble