„Die Schöpfung“

Classical Choir of the RPTU, orchestra, soprano, tenor, and bass solo

Texts, images, emails: today, many things are created at the push of a button. Creating has become cheap. Something else has become scarce – careful observation, marveling at what exists.

This is exactly what Joseph Haydn's "The Creation" (1798) tells us. The oratorio is a child of the Enlightenment: from the famous chaos of the introduction, the choir bursts into radiant C major on the word 'light,' and Haydn, who visited the world's largest telescope on his trip to England, sets the creation of the world to music in the scientific age of his time. By the end of the fifth day of creation, basically everything is there – sky, sea, plants, animals. What is still missing is not another producer, but 'the creature that should gratefully see God's works': man, meant not for making, but for perceiving.

The Classical Choir of RPTU, under the direction of Maximilian Rajczyk, brings the work to the place where artificial intelligence has been researched for decades – and invites you to two hours of music, live and without pressing a button.