Scarborough Choral Society will be performing The Creation by Joseph Haydn on Saturday 7th June.
They're with orchestra and soloists Emma Burke- soprano, Ben Pieper- tenor and Ben Lindley- bass at Westborough Methodist Church under Musical Director Paul Dewhurst.
Paul is also Director of Music at Bridlington Priory and leads Hull Choral Union amongst may other musical ventures. The Creation, ‘Die Schöpfung’, in German, is an oratorio written between 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn initially in English and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces depicting the creation of the world as narrated in the Book of Genesis. Haydn was inspired to write a large oratorio during his visits to England in 1791–1792 and 1794–1795 when, alongside his close friend the music historian Charles Burney, he heard Handel oratorios performed by large forces.
The first performance in the Schwarzenburg Palace in Vienna in 1798 should have been to a private audience of the nobility of Vienna but, word having got around, a huge crowd appeared in the street outside. The first public performance took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna in1799.Haydn conducted the work many times and towards the end of the end of his life, when he was already ill, he was carried into the hall on an armchair followed by spontaneous applause as the celebrated words, ‘and there was light’, were sung.
The society are always looking for new members to boost numbers, particularly tenors and basses, but all voices are welcome, so if you are interested or know someone who might be (no audition required), they would love to see you at their first rehearsal on Thursday 11th September, 7 pm at Westborough Methodist Church,YO11 1TS and they are running some ‘open rehearsals’ in the Autumn if you would like to come and see what they do.
Please note that entry is by the side door at LHS of the main building.
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