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285 reactions · 38 shares | Visit H+H Plays On today to enjoy H+H’s triumphant performance of Haydn "The Creation" just recorded on May 1! This stream will be available for 30 days – you can watch as many times as you like before June 30. Watch now at playson.handelandhaydn.org | Handel and Haydn Society | Facebook

1.5K views · 90 reactions | The heavens are telling, from our performance of Haydn's 'The Creation'. Join us in October when we return to London's Barbican Centre for a performance of 'The Seasons', once more with immersive projections! Find out more: https://bit.ly/theseasons22 Mary Bevan | soprano Stuart Jackson | tenor Matthew Brook | bass-baritone | Academy of Ancient Music | Facebook

45K views · 1.2K reactions | 292 years ago today, Joseph Haydn was born!  Here’s a moment from his choral masterpiece The Creation, a piece filled with roof-raising choruses, bubbling melodies and sparkling colours ✨ With the magnificent London Philharmonic Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook

On this day in 1799, Haydn's "The Creation" received its premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna with 120 instrumentalists complemented by a substantial all-male choir. Within a few years the oratorio, which depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis, was acclaimed throughout Europe. "In the beginning of this awesome musical version, Haydn created one of the supreme music dramatizations of all time: 'The Depiction of Chaos,' as he entitled it - that pre-te