Organization

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Singer

Soprano

Lucy Crowe

Gabriel

Bass

Christian Gerhaher

Raphael

Baritone

Adam

Tenor

Benjamin Bruns

Uriel

Orchestra

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Others

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus master

Peter Dijkstra

Merit Ostermann

Mezzosoprano

Sir Simon Rattle

Ottobeuren

Germany

Basilika Ottobeuren

Munich

BR-KLASSIK will broadcast the concert from Ottobeuren on Sunday, September 24, 2023, from 3.30 pm in a video livestream.

München Residenz

Herkulessaal

Sir Simon Rattle: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 Haydn

Public

The Creation

Approved

Simon Rattle felt no hesitation in commencing his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Chor and Symphonieorchester des BR with Haydn’s Creation. “It contains everything. The whole world. It looks both towards the past and far into the future of everything music can be. It is balance and revolution at the same time, a true work of the Enlightenment.” Magnificent choruses, graceful melodies, the finest polyphony, all firmly anchored in an optimistic view of humanity: “Anyone who doesn’t automatically feel better after hearing it really needs help,“ Simon Rattle says with a wink.” The Creation is healthy in a very honest way.” But health also includes a good dose of humor, and Haydn provides it, even in a setting as sacred as the Creation story. At the same time, a work radiating light also casts some shadows on our own present. What has remained of the spirit of the Enlightenment? And what have we done with the “world, so great, so wonderful”?

English

Sir Simon Rattle by Haydn, From (2023/2023), Conductor Simon Rattle, München Residenz, Munich, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues