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Eventually there was light: Haydn’s The Creation with the Oslo Philharmonic and Harry Bicket

By Aksel Tollåli, 17 November 2014
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Reviewed at Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo on 13 November 2014
Programme
Haydn, The creation (Die Schöpfung): Singt dem Herren
Performers
Oslo Philharmonic
Harry Bicket, Director
Malin Christensson, Soprano
Allan Clayton, Tenor
Christopher Purves, Bass
Oslo Philharmonic Choir
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.