be in itself quite a chaotic move, but Haydn doesn't stop there. He adds dissonance and doesn't allow the played keys to fully develop. Although Haydn brings in solo instruments, they aren't allowed to blossom as is usually expected in comparative music, and along with the above techniques, help formulate the sense of chaos that Haydn believed was present prior to 'the creation'. Haydn's expressive genius in conveying great feeling does not end with the overture of his work. The first recitative is sung by Raphael, who is a bass - Haydn, I believe, chose Raphael because of his low voice - after all the listener is still upon the darkness of chaos. The choir enters in sotto voce. To connote a sense of transition, Haydn moves from the ominous key of C minor to the more stable and majestic major of the same key. In providing for the creative theme, Haydn analogizes the birth to light; The choir sings "let there be light, and there was" while the instruments are played pizzicato. After such, the instruments are given a beat of rest where the transition from muteness to open-sounding occurs, and both th
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