The Creation (Haydn) handywork of God".) The unusual intensity of the ending may be the result of Haydn's piling of coda upon coda, each occurring at a point where the music seems about to end. "End of the fourth day." Part II celebrates the creation of sea creatures, birds, animals, and lastly, man. No. 14. Und Gott sprach: Es bringe das Wasser in der Fülle hervor Recitative for soprano (Genesis 1:20), leading into: No. 15. Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz Aria for soprano in F major, celebrating the creation of birds. The species mentioned are the eagle, the lark, the
The Creation of Adam At its centre are nine episodes from the Book of Genesis, divided into three groups: God's Creation of the Earth; God's Creation of Humankind and their fall from God's grace; and lastly, the state of Humanity as represented by Noah and his family. On the pendentives supporting the ceiling are painted twelve men and women who prophesied the coming of Jesus; seven prophets of Israel and five Sibyls, prophetic women of the Classical world. Among the most famous paintings on the ceiling are "The Creation of Adam", "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden", the "Deluge", the "Prophet Jeremiah"