The last concert composer Franz Joseph Haydn attended before his death took place in Vienna on March 27, 1808. The program consisted of a single work, Haydn’s own oratorio, “The Creation,” an ...

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We don’t hear much of Franz Joseph Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons these days. That’s a shame because while this musical collage of spring festivals, summer storms, autumnal hunts and cold, gloomy winter ...

Evergreen of Evergreens, Oratorio of Oratorios, forever and ever! Would Handel’s “Messiah” be as ubiquitous if the composer had, in summer 1741, been handed a different biblical life to set to music, ...

Haydn's famous oratorio propounds the legend of God's creation of the world in all its innocence and mystery, from chaos to its crowning achievement, the first man and woman, conveying its images in ...

Of all the immortal composers, Haydn had the best sense of humor. It was on abundant display Friday night when the Florida Orchestra, Master Chorale and a trio of vocal soloists gave a ravishing ...

Are we allowed anymore to accept the world in which we live as an excellent place? Can we not marvel at nourishing oceans and dry lands without fear for our future, or find wonder in birds and snakes ...

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Composer Joseph Haydn's music is, in its own way, as descriptive of the moment of creation as the words of physicists could ever be THERE'S no mistaking the bang in the opening recitative chorus of ...

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