2/26/23 Oshkosh Chamber Singers to present Haydn’s The Creation
26 February 2023 News
OSHKOSH — The Oshkosh Chamber Singers will perform Josef Haydn’s masterpiece oratorio “The Creation” on Palm Sunday, April 2. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, St. Mary site, 605 Merritt Ave., with choir, soloists and an orchestra of regional musicians.
Soloists will be Erin Bryan, soprano, of Ripon College; Zach Durlam, tenor, of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Nathan Krueger, bass, of UW-Oshkosh.
Herb Berendsen will be the conductor.
The oratorio depicts and celebrates the seven days of the biblical creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis, and is an ode to the goodness of God. The libretto draws material from the beginning of Genesis, the Psalms and Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” and the score includes the popular “The Heavens are Telling.”
Tickets to “The Creation” are available now from singers, at Gardina’s on Main Street and Hyde Music on South Park Avenue. Further information is available by calling 920-312-8290 or visiting OshkoshChamberSingers.org or the Oshkosh Chamber Singers Facebook page.
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