HAYDN’S “THE CREATION”

MAY 13 | 7:30 PM | UT TYLER COWAN CENTER

To conclude the 2022/2023 season, the East Texas Symphony Orchestra continues its tradition of present choral masterworks with Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation. Experience Haydn’s moving depiction of the creation of all things as described in the book of Genesis and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Along with the ETSO, the performance includes guest soloists, the Tyler Junior College Concert Choir, the Bullard High School Choir and the ETSO Community Chorus. The chorus is being prepared by Robert Boren, Director of Choral Music at Tyler Junior College.

Sung in English.

 

*first performance by ETSO

Richard Lee

Conductor

 

Amy Petrongelli

Soprano

 

Randall Umstead

Tenor

 

Stephen Morschek

Bass

 

Robert Boren

Chorus Director

 

Tyler Junior College Concert Choir

Bullard High School Choir

ETSO Community Chorus

 

*ETSO Premiere