Johannes Haarklou, Creation and Humanity (1891)

Johannes Haarklou (Haukedalen, 1847 - Oslo, 1925)
Skabelsen og mennesket (Creation and Humanity), Oratorium after Henrik Wergeland, Op. 26 (1891)

Movements:
Part 1, Creation: Ha, does this muck live? (Skabelsen: Ha, lever dette Dynd?) (0:00)

Part 2, Man
Section I: See the night's premonition that there is a day (Mennesket: Se Nattens Ahnelse om, at der er en Dag) (36:37)
Section II: And Abel tames the forest and creates meadows (Mennesket: Og Abel tæmmer Skoven og skaber Enge frem) (46:48)
Section III: who is not satisfied with praise alone (Mennesket: som ei med Lovsang ene er fornøiet) (53:10)

Part 3, Messiah: Is this the Scroll of Remembrance of Mankind (Messias: Er dette Menneskehedens Minderulle) (1:09:31)

Performed by Janne Berglund, soprano; Fredrik Akselberg, tenor; Magne Fremmelid, bass; Det norske solistkor; Norwegian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Peter Szilvay

Images: scenes from Norway, c. 1895. Library of Congress Photochrom Collection, CC-BY SA 4.0.