The Creation in Context

Symposium examining the musical, liturgical, and literary contexts of Haydn's masterpiece

saturday, April 28, 2012 | 1 PM

Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
120 high street
New Haven, CT
(enter on wall street)

presented in conjunction with the performance of Die Schöpfung by Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 on Sunday, April 29

Presenters

Keynote address
Creating Chaos in Haydn’s Creation
Melanie Lowe
Associate Professor of Musicology
Vanderbilt University

Milton and Creation
John Rogers
Professor of English
Yale University

The Drama of Creation
Ellen F. Davis
Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology
Duke Divinity School

Cosmology in a Contemporary Key

John Grim

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Schedule

12:45 PM | Check-in and Refreshments

1:00 | Keynote Address: Melanie Lowe: Creating Chaos in Haydn’s Creation

2:00 | John Rogers: Milton and Creation

2:45 | Coffee Break

3:15 | Ellen F. Davis:The Drama of Creation

4:00 |John Grim: Cosmology in a Contemporary Key

4:45 | General Discussion

5:30 | Symposium Ends

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