The Creation - DIE SCHÖPFUNG / Joseph Haydn / IAMBIC Productions / DVD Video

UPC 044007112694

Sung to English Text

Total Playtime is 102 Minutes 

Composer Joseph Haydn's spiritually-themed 1798 oratorio The Creation (AKA Die Schopfung) receives an interpretation by The Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra and Chorus and The Choir of New College Oxford in this classical music performance film. The program features solos by Anthony Rolfe Johnson (who sings the part of Uriel), Emma Kirkby (who performs as Gabriel and Eve) and Michael George (who performs as Raphael and Adam), conducted by Christopher Hogwood. The actual film features cutaways, during the performance, to footage of natural environments culled from the BBC History Unit and views of paintings by Joseph M.W. Turner and William Blake. Nathan Southern, Rovi 

Christopher Hogwood conducts outstanding soloists and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music in this performance of Haydn's much-loved oratorio, sung in English and filmed in the ancient splendour of Gloucester Cathedral. In this unique film the performance is illustrated with stunning footage of the natural world from the BBC Natural History Unit and classic paintings by Haydn's contemporaries, including Blake and Turner.

KIRKBY, ROLFE JOHNSON, GEORGE

The Choir of New College, Oxford

The Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus

CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD

Produced and Directed by CHRIS HUNT

Emma Kirkby Gabriel, Eve

Anthony Rolfe Johnson Uriel

Michael George Raphael, Adam

THE CHOIR OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD

Edward Higginbottom Master of Music ANCIENT MUSIC

CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ACADEMY OF

on authentic instruments. sur instruments d'époque auf authentischen Instrumenten.

Simon Halsey Chorus Master

directed by dirigé par unter der Leitung von

CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD