In 1795 composer Franz Josef Haydn was handed a libretto — something for which a symphonist would have no need. The title was “The Creation of the World.” Nashville Symphony Chorus director Tucker Biddlecombe describes the piece it became, Haydn’s Creation, as a gateway piece of orchestral music for choral singers.
Classically Speaking: For The Hundredth Time
When asked to estimate how many times he has performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C min, Op. 37, Yefim Bronfman leaned back, sighed, and guessed, “Oh… surely at least 100 times.”
Classically Speaking: Christopher Rouse Does Not Play An Instrument
“Short, short, short, long” is not so exciting when you read it out in words. But for composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Christopher Rouse, it was fate set to music.
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