NMSC News:ALBUQUERQUE ― The sixth season of the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus comes to a sensational close with Haydn’s The Creation at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at the First United Methodist Church in Albuquerque.
Roger Melone will conduct, and the New Mexico Philharmonic will join the Chorus in performing this magnificent oratorio, thought by many to be Haydn’s greatest masterpiece.
The Chorus will perform the English translation by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker. Featured soloists will be soprano Hannah Stephens, tenor Gabriel Liboiron-Cohen and
baritone Edmund Connolly.
The Creation was written by Joseph Haydn to celebrate the creation of our world as described in the biblical books of Genesis and Psalms and in John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
“This May 7 concert will be a wonderful finale for our sixth season. Our Chorus and the NMPhil, along with three amazing soloists, will provide a powerful concert,” said Chorus Music Director Roger Melone. “We’re especially excited to present this truly masterful work in Albuquerque’s First United Methodist Church with its great acoustics.”
Concert:
The Creation composed in 1797-98 by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Who:
New Mexico Symphonic Chorus and New Mexico Philharmonic
Roger Melone, conductor
Hannah Stephens, soprano, as Gabriel in Parts I and II, Eve in Part III
Gabriel Liboiron-Cohen, tenor, as Uriel in Parts I, II and III
Edmund Connolly, baritone, as Raphael in Parts I and II, Adam in Part III
When/Where:
Sunday, May 7, 3 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, in downtown Albuquerque with ample, convenient, free
parking nearby – 314 Lead Ave. SW (Lead and 4th St.)
Ticket Info:
Tickets at $25 for regular and $45 for premium general admission at NMSChorus.org and from Brown Paper Tickets, open 24 hours a day, at 800.838.3006.
Student tickets at $15.
Discount of 20 percent for groups of 15 or more.
