The Classical Music Minute

Joseph Haydn's The Creation: A Celestial Masterpiece


Listen Later

Send us a text

Description
Joseph Haydn's The Creation was inspired by Handel's Messiah and Milton’s Paradise Lost. Take a minute to get the scoop!

Fun Fact
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).
__________________________________________________________________

About Steven, Host
Steven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.
__________________________________________________________________

You can FOLLOW ME on Instagram. 👋

Please Buy Me A Coffee 🤓☕️
__________________________________________________________________

Got a topic? Pop me an email at: [email protected] 🤔

Support the show

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Classical Music MinuteBy Steven Hobé, Composer & Host

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

5 ratings


More shows like The Classical Music Minute

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,513 Listeners

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast by Joshua Weilerstein

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

2,196 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

15,887 Listeners