HAYDN - DIE SCHÖPFUNG with Octopus Symfonisch Koor & Le Concert d'Anvers

What to expect

Octopus Symfonisch Koor and Le Concert d'Anvers perform Joseph Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung, conducted by Bart Van Reyn.

Soloists are Ilse Eerens (soprano), Steven van der Linden (tenor) and Florian Störtz (bass-baritone).

• Austrian classical composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• He composed Die Schöpfung in 1797 and 1798
• Inspired by Handel's Messiah
• Libretto by Baron Gottfried van Swieten
• Text sources: Genesis, Psalms, Paradise Lost
• The oratorio has three parts
• Part 1: light, earth, water, weather, plants
• Part 2: sea creatures, birds, land animals, humans
• Part 3: Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve
• Archangels announce each day
• Rafaël (bass), Uriël (tenor), Gabriël (soprano)
• Adam (bass) and Eve (soprano)
• Haydn depicts creation from chaos
• 19th-century: often performed with Messiah, Elias