“A genius on paper,” sums up Johann Sebastian Bach is as little words as possible. He’s a composer with such a tremendous influence that musicologist, students, scholars and musians are still studying his works 258 years after his death. His 2-part inventions and fugues are among the very first thing any serious music student will be introduced to. They are of such importance because they are, in my opinion, the backbone of a large majority of music; both popular and classical.

Part three deserves this entire section of the piece all to itself. The story of Adam and Eve is spread throughout Christianity from its basic tales to lore to the explanation of why man is sinful from birth. The story of the Creation could not be told without this part for it also shows the creation of our faith and the start of our society as a whole. Adam and Eve even try to answer the question that man has been asking why we were put on …

The part two begins with “The fourth day…” on number fifteen when, “God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth… And God blessed them, saying , Be fruitful , and multiply , and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth” (The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:19 – 1:22). Uriel has a fantastic melody singing of the birds flying over the ocean and the earth. It begins with the orchestra soaring the audience through the air on the back of a great and mighty …

Number two of the first part entitled “In the Beginning” introduces the narrators of the oratorio as Raphael and Uriel in the tenor voices. Both of them are part of the four head archangels (Singer). Raphael is not mentioned directly in the Bible but rather he is found in the “Book of Tobia”. He is also referred to as and St. Raphael (Discoll). Uriel is the archangel of earthquakes and thunder and is also referred to as the “Glory of God” or the “Light of …

It took God six days and one day of rest to create the heavens and earth. Franz Joseph Haydn took two years to complete an expression of this week long process in the form of an Oratorio. According to Christine Ammer’s Music Dictionary an Oratorio is “a musical setting of a long text for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. The text is often based on the Bible… An oratorio is preformed without scenery, costumes, or action. The story is told through the music…” She later …