Davidson College choirs will sing "The Creation" by Haydn Monday.
SOURCE: Davidson College
The Davidson College Music Department invites the public to a performance of Haydn’s “The Creation” on Monday evening, April 27. Professor Ray Sprague will conduct this performance by the Davidson College Concert Choir and Davidson Pro Arte Orchestra beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Family Performance Hall.
General admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for youth under 18 and free to students with college IDs. Tickets can be purchased online at www.davidson.edu/tickets, in person at the Alvarez College Union ticket office, or over the phone at 704-894-2135. For more information, call 704-894-2848, or visit www.davidson.edu/music
Soloists for the evening will include soprano Ariana Wyatt singing the parts of the archangel Gabriel and Eve, tenor Randall Outland singing the part of the archangel Uriel, and bass Douglas Renfroe singing the parts of the archangel Raphael and Adam.
“The Creation” is set in three acts, and demonstrates Haydn’s reinterpretation of the Handelian oratorio. The first two parts describe the six days of God’s creation of the world, and include vivid musical depictions of its physical presence and wonderfully descriptive music for the creation of various animals. The third act centers around Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Haydn wrote “The Creation” in the 1790s, following concert tours of England where he heard a performance of Handel’s Messiah and decided to compose his own oratorio.
Past performances by Davidson Concert Choir and Chorale can be heard for free by visiting http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x31533.xml
