Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society

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This concert is dedicated to the memory of our past President, Lord Robin Walpole

Lord Robin Walpole

Rhapsody in Blue Rose Presentation Mannington Hall 2018

The Creation

Saturday 13th November 2021, 7:00pm
Cromer Parish Church

Ticket Information:

Tickets £14 in advance, £16 on the door (under 18’s free) from the Box Office Sheringham Little Theatre

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Tickets also available from K Hardware, Church Street, Cromer (opposite venue) – personal callers only

Joseph Haydn The Creation

COVID 19 regulations permitting we plan to perform our first concert in 2 years.

The Creation oratorio by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn dates from April 1798. It was inspired by Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, which Haydn had heard while visiting England.

In the 1790s Haydn made two extended concert tours to London. Returning from the second of those trips in 1795, he brought with him a libretto telling the Biblical Creation story as related in John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Haydn conducted the oratorio’s premiere at Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna.

The first of the oratorio’s three parts begins with “Representation of Chaos,” an orchestral prelude that uses stark chords and shifting harmonies to portray the formlessness and disorder that preceded the Creation. The six days of creation occupy the remainder of the first and all of the second part, with each day introduced in recitative by the archangels Raphael (bass), Uriel (tenor), and Gabriel (soprano). Each new creation—light, water, landscapes, plants, and beasts of land and sea and air—is depicted with lavish tone painting. The story of Adam and Eve begins in the third part, with the role of Adam sung by the bass soloist who sang the role of Raphael in the first two parts and the role of Eve sung by the soprano who sang the role of Gabriel. The oratorio focuses on the happy union between Adam and Eve, culminating in a tender marriage duet

This performance coincides with the conclusion of the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Performers

Rebecca Kaznowski soprano Gabriel

Daniel Bartlette tenor Uriel

Dhilan Gnanadurai baritone Raphael

Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society

Philip Adams piano/organ

David Ballard conductor

Venue Information

Cromer Parish Church

Church Street
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9ES

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