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Heavenly music in Melbourne as Sir Andrew Davis leads Haydn’s Creation

By Patricia Maunder, 18 June 2017
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Reviewed at Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall, Melbourne on 15 June 2017
Programme
Haydn, The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2
Performers
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Andrew Staples, Tenor
Neal Davies, Bass
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus
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Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist for more than 20 years, contributing to publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK including The Sydney Morning Herald and Opera magazine. She is based in Melbourne, but considers Montreal her 'other' hometown after living there in 2012-16. For more about Patricia, visit her website.