Listen to The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 12, In Shining Splendor by Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Dawn Upshaw, Jon Humphrey, John Cheek, Heidi Grant Murphy & James Michael McGuire

The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 12, In Shining Splendor

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Dawn Upshaw, Jon Humphrey, John Cheek, Heidi Grant Murphy & James Michael McGuire

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Robert Shaw

Conductor

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Orchestra

Dawn Upshaw

Soprano

Jon Humphrey

Tenor

John Cheek

Bass

Heidi Grant Murphy

Heidi Grant Murphy

Soprano

James Michael McGuire

James Michael McGuire

Baritone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Franz Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Robert Woods

Producer

Elaine Martone

Recording Supervisor

Jack Renner

Engineer

Michael Bishop

Recording Engineer

Erica Brenner

Editing Engineer

Thomas Knab

Editing Engineer

Lyrics

In shining splendour

Radiant now the sun bestrides the sky

A wondrous joyful bridegroom

A giant proud and glad

He runs his ordered course

With softer steps

And wistful shimmer

Steals the moon

Through still and shadowed night

The boundless vaults of heaven's domain

Shine with unnumbered magnitude of stars

And the sons of God rejoiced in the fourth day

In chorus divine

Praising God's great might

And saying

Written by: Franz Joseph Haydn

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