Chor und Orchester

Haydn's Creation

Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchor as guests at the Dresden Kulturpalast
© Tom Thiele

About the Concert

Like the Kreuzchor, the Thomanerchor Leipzig is one of the world's most renowned boys' choirs. It is making its first guest appearance in the new concert hall and, together with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, is bringing a work that ranks among the highlights of classical music. Even its premiere was a unique success with audiences. No wonder, if one thinks alone of the description of chaos at the beginning, which precedes the creation of light in the Bible. And how effective it is when, in the middle of the somber, quiet rumble of the music to the words "Let there be light!" the orchestra suddenly bursts into full volume and radiant C major. Sometimes, even today, the lights in the hall go on exactly at this point! The work is not lacking in effects, but it impresses above all by its musical language, with which Haydn tells The Creation of the World. No minute is too long...

At the invitation of the Dresden Philharmonic.

Program

Joseph Haydn
"Die Schöpfung" Oratorium für Soli, Chor und Orchester

Contributer

Andreas Reize
conductor
Samantha Gaul
Soprano
Kieran Carrel
Tenor
Dominik Wörner
Bass
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Programme booklet to media library

Biographies

Andreas Reize

Since autumn 2021, Andreas Reize has been the 18th Thomaskantor after Johann Sebastian Bach and thus responsible for the musical performances in the Thomaskirche as well as for tours and CD recordings with the Thomaner. He grew up in Solothurn, Switzerland, where he was a choirboy himself and decided at a young age to become a conductor. During his career, he has founded several ensembles and an opera project and has also been teaching choral conducting at the Leipzig University of Music since 2022.

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Samantha Gaul

The young soprano Samantha Gaul has been a member of the Leipzig Opera ensemble since 2022/23 and can currently be heard primarily in opera roles. But her heart also beats for concert and lieder singing, which is why she is now delighted to perform as the solo soprano in Haydn's "Creation" with the Thomanerchor and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig. Samantha Gaul has also performed internationally, including in Budapest, Vicenza and Luxembourg.

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Kieran Carrel

The German-British tenor Kieran Carrel is a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble and appears at home and abroad as a soloist in opera performances and concerts, singing Bach's Passions and Schumann's "Dichterliebe" as well as Tamino in "The Magic Flute" and Narraboth in "Salome". He maintains special artistic relationships with the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Wigmore Hall in London.

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Dominik Wörner

Bass-baritone Dominik Wörner won the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2002, laying the foundations for an international career as a soloist in well-known and unknown oratorios and operas, in the lied repertoire, but also in contemporary compositions, some of which were written for him. Over 90 CDs and DVDs to date bear witness to his multifaceted skills. Dominik Wörner is also active as an ensemble leader and concert organiser.

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Thomanerchor Leipzig

The Thomanerchor Leipzig looks back on more than 800 years of history and is one of the most successful cultural ambassadors of its home city. The works of Johann Sebastian Bach form the artistic foundation of the repertoire, but the Thomaner also sing works from all other eras from the Middle Ages to modern times. With Haydn's "Creation", they can now be heard for the first time in the new hall of the Kulturpalast Dresden.

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig is the oldest civic symphony orchestra in the world. Its history is closely interwoven with that of the Thomanerchor, with which it can still be heard every week performing Bach cantatas in St Thomas's Church and regularly goes on tour in Germany and abroad. In Leipzig, it is also the concert orchestra of the Gewandhaus and the orchestra of Leipzig Opera, giving up to 300 performances a year.

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