292 years ago today, Joseph Haydn was born! 🎈 Here’s a moment from his choral masterpiece The Creation, a piece filled with roof-raising choruses, bubbling melodies and sparkling colours ✨ With the magnificent London Philharmonic Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra

On this day in 1799, Haydn's "The Creation" received its premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna with 120 instrumentalists complemented by a substantial all-male choir. Within a few years the oratorio, which depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis, was acclaimed throughout Europe. "In the beginning of this awesome musical version, Haydn created one of the supreme music dramatizations of all time: 'The Depiction of Chaos,' as he entitled it - that pre-te