Ilse Eerens Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten

Joseph Haydn’s oratorios Die Jahreszeiten and Die Schöpfung are closely intellectually connected with each other: whilst The Creation paints a picture of the world coming into existence, The Seasons is about its existence and the cyclical growth and decay of nature over the course of a year. With its powerful depictions of nature, this musical journey through the year is one of the most popular compositions by the Viennese classical composer. In many respects, Haydn’s late work The Seasons follows on from formal elements in The Creation, but he continues these in independent, innovative ways, and draws on the full range of compositional effects.

Joseph Haydn's oratorios "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons) and "Die Schöpfung" (The Creation) are closely related to one another spiritually: While "Schöpfung" visualizes the development of the world, the "Jahreszeiten" are about their existence and the cyclical development and decay of nature over the course of the year.