During Celebration on Sunday, May 20th, the MPC Church Choir will take part in a performance of Josef Haydn’s Creation (Part One). They will be joined by Rita Lilly (soprano), Brian Thorsett (tenor), Robby Stafford (bass) and the Montclair Chamber Orchestra. Please join us for what is sure to be a stirring performance of an inspiring, dramatic work.
Creation brings together Josef Haydn’s amazing music with text from the Book of Genesis and Milton’s Paradise Lost. Many consider it to be his masterpiece, and its influence can be seen in the works of many later composers. To learn more, please visit the Haydn (The Creation) wikipedia page.
Update: recordings and of this Major Work have now been posted to our music samples page. You can also listen/download using these links:
- Chaos: from “The Creation” Part 1 by Franz Josef Haydn
- In the Beginning
- Now Vanish before the holy beams
- And God made the firmament
- The marv’lous work behold amaz’d
- And God said:Let the waters/ Roaming in foaming billows
- Let the earth bring for grass / With verdure clad
- And the heavenly host proclaimed / Awake the harp
- Let there be lights / In splendor bright is rising now the sun
- The Heavens are Telling
- The Lord is Great