For a description of the structure of Jospeh Haydn’s “The Creation,” visit foxtheaterspokane.org/event/masterworks-8-let-there-be-light to read the program ...

The last concert composer Franz Joseph Haydn attended before his death took place in Vienna on March 27, 1808. The program consisted of a single work, Haydn’s own oratorio, “The Creation,” an ...

We don’t hear much of Franz Joseph Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons these days. That’s a shame because while this musical collage of spring festivals, summer storms, autumnal hunts and cold, gloomy winter ...

Evergreen of Evergreens, Oratorio of Oratorios, forever and ever! Would Handel’s “Messiah” be as ubiquitous if the composer had, in summer 1741, been handed a different biblical life to set to music, ...

Haydn's famous oratorio propounds the legend of God's creation of the world in all its innocence and mystery, from chaos to its crowning achievement, the first man and woman, conveying its images in ...

In a Haydn anniversary year, Louis Langree, music director of the Mostly Mozart festival, could imagine only one way to end the season. "For me, 'The Creation' is the highest, most climactic ...

Of all the immortal composers, Haydn had the best sense of humor. It was on abundant display Friday night when the Florida Orchestra, Master Chorale and a trio of vocal soloists gave a ravishing ...