Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
The Monteverdi Choir

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8 PM

This concert is part of the Weekends at Carnegie Hall series.

Program

Program Notes

Haydn retells the story of the Creation with both a devout sense of worship and an astonishing visual flair. You can all but see, as well as hear, the newly-created earth, as it emerges from a terrifying musical void. This is dramatic choral writing at its greatest, with vivid pictures of the birds, the beasts, the storms, and more.

Program Details

Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Elaine Sisman, Professor of Music, Columbia University.

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor
The Monteverdi Choir
Lucy Crowe, Soprano
Sophie Karthäuser, Soprano
James Gilchrist, Tenor
Vuyani Mlinde, Bass
Matthew Rose, Bass

HAYDN	Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 (The Creation)
Program is approximately 2 hours, 30 minutes, including one intermission

Soundbyte

Although Haydn is considered Mozart’s predecessor, Mozart’s influence on Haydn, even after his death, is without question. Carnegie Hall’s Artistic Director, Jeremy Geffen sheds some light on this relationship and Haydn’s two great oratorios, The Seasons and The Creation, pointing out one of the most heart-stopping moments in all music.

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