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THE CREATION

The introduction is chaos: disorder
full of the gloomy darkness typified
by the ideas of classical thinking.

The composer is in the theatre,
sitting, listening, and knowing that
no person had yet heard his glory,
not even he who commissioned this
work.

The orchestra begins. The key is

C minor, setting the tone for the
dissonant mood Franz Joseph Haydn is
creating. Emptiness is the sound
and this continues for several
minutes.

 

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Softly, the Angel Raphael begins his |

song. "In the beginning...," when
suddenly:

git" |,

This is "The Creation", Haydn's

most famous oratorio. |

The Douglas College Chorale Society,
Choir and Orchestra will be presen-
ting this work in the New Westminger
campus performance theatre the week-
end @£ April 13 and 14.

The final concert of the academic

| year will bring together the finest
| of Douglas College students, faculty
and friends in the community.

"The Creation" premiered on April 29,
1798 to a selected audience at the
Schwarzenburg Palace in Vienna.
When Douglas College performs this

_ beautiful work the entire community
will be invited.

Singing the parts of the Angels weal
be three soloists.

Ruth Huang-Suzuki is soprano. Her
experience as a performer comes with
the Vancouver Opera Association, the
Vancouver Vocal Quartet and as an

 

instructor with the music discipline
at Douglas College.

The tenor is David Meek, a well
known vocalist from White Rock who
has performed many solos in the
Douglas college theatre and with
companies and societies across
Western Canada.

Calvin Barber, a former administra-
tor at Douglas College with many
years experience to his name, shall
perform bass.

Dedicated musicians from within and
out of Douglas College make up the
35-piece Community Orchestra.
ranks include a mixture of profes-
Sional, semi-professional, amateur
and student instrumentalists.

The final touch will be the 70
member combined Choir and Chorale
Society. Director of this perfor-
mance is Tatsuo Hoshina, music
instructor and another member of
the Vancouver Vocal Quartet.

"The Creation" is based on the
writings found in Genesis and
"Paradise Lost", the 1667 novel by
John Milton. The libretto, the
actual vocal text, was written by
an unknown author and is thouglkt to
be originally intended for use by
George Frederich Handel.

The first performance of this work
was conducted by Salieri, the now

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famous Italian composer who, in a
play written by Peter Schaeffer,
grew jealous and poisoned another
great composer of the day, W.A.
Mozart.

"The Creation" will be brought to
the Douglas College performance
theatre at 8:00 p.m. on both
Saturday, April 13 and Sunday,
April 14. Tickets are $6 for

adults and $4 for seniors and
students.

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