WKSU will broadcast April’s Akron Symphony performance of Haydn’s The Creation on Sunday, the 11th of May, during the program In Performance.

In her Beacon Journal review, Elaine Guregian praised the "persuasive performers" involved - the Akron Symphony Orchestra and soloists Joyce Guyer, Karl Dent, Timothy Jones, and Sandra Ross. She wrote that the Akron Symphony Chorus, prepared by Robert Mollard and Christopher Lees, was "impressive for its control of dynamics and for its clarity in the fugal writing."

This performance was sung in English. It’s important to note that although Haydn set a German translation, the English text is actually the original. Some scholars believe that Haydn intended from the start for this work to exist in both English and German versions. However, there is no surviving definitive English version of the work. The Akron Symphony performance used a text which music director Christopher Wilkins prepared with reference to multiple sources.

NOTE: Because the performance runs to about one and three-quarters hours, this week only, the usual 4:30 start time for In Performance will be advanced to 4:00pm.

Link: English text for The Creation (Traditional and Paul McCreesh versions, side by side)

Tune in and listen each Sunday at 4:30 p.m. as In Performance broadcasts the musical talents of our region’s finest symphonies, orchestras, string quartets and other musical ensembles.

Relive the magic or experience it for the first time.
Upcoming Concert Broadcasts

May 4, 2008: Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell, featuring soprano Amanda Forsythe. Recorded April 10 - 13, 2008.

• Haydn: Symphony #59 in A “Fire”
• Mozart: Symphony #40 in g minor
• Mozart: Selected coloratura arias

Apollo’s Fire

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May 11, 2008: The Akron Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Christopher Wilkins, featuring soprano Joyce Guyer, tenor Karl Dent, bass-baritone Timothy Jones, and the Akron Symphony Chorus. Recorded at E.J. Thomas Hall on April 19, 2008.

• Haydn: The Creation

Akron Symphony

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May 18, 2008: The Canton Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmerman, and featuring baritone Charles Austin. Recorded at Umstadt Hall on May 3, 2008.

• Handel: Alexander’s Feast
• Bach: Cantata #211 “Coffee”

Canton Symphony

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May 25, 2008: The Wooster Chamber Music Series presents The Pacifica String Quartet. Recorded at Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center on April 20, 2008.

Wooster Chamber Music

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June 1, 2008: The Wooster Chamber Music Series presents Hakan Rosengren and The Chiara String Quartet. Recorded at Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center on May 4, 2008.

Wooster Chamber Music

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