The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by leading chamber orchestra Britten Sinfonia for this performance of Haydn’s great masterpiece The Creation. Members of the Abbey Choir and celebrated soprano ...

As Kapellmeister, Haydn now turned his attention to choral works. From this period come the six late Masses, The Creation and The Seasons. In his mid-sixties, Haydn’s health began to fail and he ...

Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string quartet’ because he was the first to compose four-part music for two violins, a viola and a cello on a regular basis. Beethoven was so overawed by ...

With December holiday concerts in its rear view mirror, the staff and singers of (ECAS) are ready to begin rehearsals for a ...