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July 29, 2009
Haydn's Creation, at the Proms
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And in 1798, Joseph Haydn told that story in music. Haydn's greatest work may have been his oratorio, "The Creation." Music that is at once reverent, and ravishingly beautiful. We'll hear Part One from Haydn's Creation in a glorious concert a week and a half ago at the 2009 BBC Proms, in London. Paul McCreesh conducting his Gabrieli Consort, and a massed ensemble of nearly 200 musicians and singers.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dances No. 3 in A flat major
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi
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Stephan Langton
Veni, sancte spiritus, Pentecost Sequence (Based on chant sequence)
Amarcord Ensemble (Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Martin Lattke, tenor; Frank Ozimek, baritone; Daniel Knauft, bass; Holger Krause, bass)
Crypt, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
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Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Tony Villecco from Binghamton, NY
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica) Mvmts II, III, IV
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
hour 2
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor: II. Lento - Allegro Molto
Paul Watkins, cello; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G sharp minor, op.32, no. 12 (encore); Moment musical in E minor, op. 16, no. 4 (encore)
Alexei Volodin, piano
Church, Ernen, Switzerland
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Traditional (Arr: Brad Richter/Viktor Uzur):
Zajdi (Ancient Macedonian folk song)
The Richter Uzur Duo (Brad Richter, guitar, Viktor Uzur, cello)
The Jacklin Arts and Culture Center, Post Falls, Idaho
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Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation - Part I
Rosemary Joshua, soprano, Gabriel; Sophie Bevan, soprano, Eve; Neal Davies, bass, Raphael; Peter Harvey, bass, Adam Chetham's Chamber Choir; Paul McCreesh, conducting
Royal Albert Hall, London
