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18 July — 6 September 2025

Cycle «Change III» 2023 — 2025

GALA Choral & Orchestral Concert

Saturday, 14 July 2018
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Following the performance of “The Messiah” last year, Paul McCreesh and his troops are back with Haydn’s greatest masterpiece: an immense fresco more than three hours in length that depicts the thousands of nuances of nature in perpetual mutation. From the song of birds to threatening storms to the simple charms of life in the country, it is a magnificent canvas that also prepared the way for Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony ten years later.

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor
Ashley riches, Bass
Gabrieli Consort & Players (London)
Paul McCreesh, Conductor

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
“The Seasons”, Oratorio for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra, Hob. XXI:3180'
  
First performance in Switzerland of the first English edition 
  
CHF 160 / 135 / 95 / 40