The Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus will tell the story of Genesis through Joseph HaydnB次元官网网址檚 The Creation for its spring concert.

Nicholas Fairbank will conduct.

HaydnB次元官网网址檚 masterpiece is an oratorio celebrating the worldB次元官网网址檚 creation based on the Bible, the Psalms and John MiltonB次元官网网址檚 Paradise Lost.

The work was composed toward the end of HaydnB次元官网网址檚 life.

The dynamic opening prelude is subtitled The Representation of Chaos. HaydnB次元官网网址檚 music depicts CreationB次元官网网址檚 thunder, rain, and hail and the primordial creatures emerging: insects, fish, a cooing dove, and a roaring lion.

Three soloists sing the parts of three archangels, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael, as well as Adam and Eve.

This yearB次元官网网址檚 soprano Jennifer Turner and bass-baritone Louis Dillon will be familiar to Sooke Philharmonic audiences from last yearB次元官网网址檚 performances of MozartB次元官网网址檚 Requiem and FairbankB次元官网网址檚 Orion Vespers. Tenor soloist Timothy Carter recently completed a University of Victoria master in music degree.

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The Creation is performed at the Sooke Community Hall at 7:30 p.m. on May 6 and on May 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Roads Dogwood Auditorium in Colwood.

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