Sir Roger Norrington, the conductor, is known for establishing a historically informed performance style that includes appropriate numbers of players, historical seating, bowing, phrasing, tempo, and articulation, emphasizing a pure tone without continuous vibrato.
Composer Biography
Haydn spent nearly 30 years as Kapellmeister for the Eszterházy family in Eisenstadt, where he composed most of his works in rural seclusion.
Composition History
Haydn's oratorios, including 'The Creation', were inspired by Handel's oratorios, which he heard during his successful visits to London in the 1790s.
Compositional Technique
'The Creation' begins with a unique instrumental movement designed to depict the chaos that existed in the cosmos before the world's creation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For the nearly seventy-year-old Haydn, 'The Creation' and 'The Seasons' fulfilled his lifelong aspiration to write music for all people, not just the aristocracy.
Compositional Technique
Haydn confessed that he was never so religious as when composing 'The Creation', falling to his knees daily to pray for strength for his work.
Composer Biography
Joseph Haydn, born in a humble wheelwright's family in Rohrau, Lower Austria, began singing in a church choir at age six and later joined the St. Stephen's choir school in Vienna.
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