Lucerne Festival 2017: Rattle conducts Haydn’s Schöpfung

Synopsis

It was a farewell and the end of an era: Sir Simon Rattle was in Lucerne as principal conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker one final time this summer. Together, they evoked the original state of the world with a performance of Haydn’s Schöpfung. It was a finale that touched upon life through music – thereby proving once again the distinctiveness and the outstanding standard of the artistic cosmos of Rattle and his orchestra. Earlier in the program, they played “ein kleines symphonisches Gedicht” by Georg Friedrich Haas, who was “composer-in-residence” of the Lucerne Festival in 2011. “Rattle highlights the story of the creation with a great sense of detail” NZZ

Additional Info

• No: 9519
• Composer: Joseph Haydn, Georg Friedrich Haas
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin Radio Choir
• Artists: Elsa Dreisig, Mark Padmore, Florian Boesch
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:45:00
• Producers: Accentus, 3Sat, Lucerne Festival
• Format: HDTV 16:9