Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation (109 mins)
Dinis Sousa conductor
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Maximilian Schmitt tenor
Will Thomas bass
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Haydn certainly liked a challenge. As if writing over 100 symphonies wasn’t enough, he also attempted to put the Creation of the world into music. But he succeeded in spades. The detail, the immersion, and the epic scope of it is just extraordinary. If today we can marvel at how you can almost literally feel the heat of the sun evoked in music, you can only imagine how mind-blowing it was for audiences back in 1798. Come and marvel with us.
Concert lasts around 2 hours including a 20 minute interval.
FREE pre-concert chat about tonight’s concert at 6.30pm in the auditorium.