The original English text for The Creation was originally created for, although never set by, G.F. Handel, for whom Haydn had a deep-rooted respect (particularly his oratorios). When Haydn saw the text - part-biblical, part-Milton's Paradise Lost - he saw its potential and asked a friend to translate it into German. Like a Handel oratorio, the work is full of fresh and vivid imagery. The chaos before the first day is (comparatively) dissonant, formless and anarchic. From there the pictorial descriptions are wild: the worm crawls, the lion leaps, and the wind blows.
More concerts at the Three Choirs Festival:
The Philharmonia performs at the Three Choirs Festival
Jul 27 2012, 17:00 - Hereford Cathedral
Geraint Bowen conducts Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Coleridge-Taylor's Petite Suite de Concert and Berlioz's Te Deum at the Three Choirs Festival 2012
The Philharmonia performs at the Three Choirs Festival
Jul 26 2012, 19:45 - Hereford Cathedral
Peter Nardone conducts Ireland's London Overture, Delius's Sea Drift and Elgar's The Music Makers, with Sarah Connolly and James Rutherford
The Philharmonia performs at the Three Choirs Festival
Jul 25 2012, 19:45 - Hereford Cathedral
Martyn Brabbins conducts Dyson's The Canterbury Pilgrims at the Three Choirs Festival 2012
The Philharmonia performs at Three Choirs Festival
Jul 23 2012, 19:45 - Hereford Cathedral
Adrian Partington conducts Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage, Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony and a special commission by Joseph Phibbs
Julian Lloyd Webber performs at the Three Choirs Festival
Jul 22 2012, 19:45 - Hereford Cathedral
Diego Matheuz conducts Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite, Debussy's La mer, Ravel's Boléro, and Julian Lloyd Webber playing Delius's Cello Concerto








