Ludwig van beethovens single oratorio, christus am olberg 1803. Haydn s choral music is lively and cheerful for the most part. The songs are dealing with the seasons of love, known to nearly everybody of us. This page lists all recordings of the seasons, hob. Soprano voice, alto voice, tenor voice, and bass voice soli, satb choir, piano sheet music book by franz joseph haydn 17321809. Haydn was led to write the seasons by the great success of his previous oratorio the creation.
Instrumental detail may not be as pungent as those versions on period instruments, but the playing makes its own case boldly enough. Freely downloadable classical music mp3s from composer franz joseph haydn 31 mar 1732 rohrau 31 may 1809 vienna fhe first haydn edition. He was one of the most important, prolific and prominent composers of the classical period. View the wikipedia article on joseph haydn list of vocal works. In failing health near the end of his musical career, haydn composed this work over two years while struggling with a libretto prepared by austrian nobleman baron gottfried van swieten, who also. A ploughman whistles the well known theme from haydns surprise symphony, another passage depicts a hunting. The seasons an oratorio, though its content is secular and its form a loosely articulated series of evocative pieces. The songs on the album dont deal with the divisions of the year, as specified by ash. Nikolaus harnoncourt, arnold schoenberg chor, concentus musicus wien.
Christ on the mount of olives, does not succeed, nor do most of those occasioned by the. He is reported to have said of the seasons that it broke my back. Jahreszeiten seasons is the sixth fulllength release of the black metal band nargaroth. Haydn composed his oratorios the creation and the seasons late in life under the great influence of handel following his trips to london in the 1790s. Karajans seasons transfers to cd with digital remastering which makes its ebullience and robust rusticity all the more compelling.
Franz joseph haydn 1732 1809 listing of art song and choral settings in the database x indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database indicates that a text cannot yet. The seasons, a late work of haydns and the last oratorio he wrote, is a work that well expresses haydns musical wit. Joseph haydn, gundula janowitz, peter schreier, martti. It usually tells a story from the old testament of the bible.
Colin davis has recorded a great deal of haydns music over his long career, and his late recordings have enjoyed critical and popular acclaim. With soloists marlis petersen, werner gura, and dietrich henschel and the kammerchor, jacobs goes beyond technique to the deep humanity of haydn s song of praise. Between 2003 and 2008 she taught singing at the robert schumann academy of music in dusseldorf. The seasons haydn simple english wikipedia, the free. The creation shows the impact of handels oratorios and wolfgang amadeus mozarts operas, fusing these epic and dramatic elements with haydns own mature mastery of symphonic style to make the work a masterpiece. Please consider purchasing a learning cd cyberbass learning cds. A language code in a blue rectangle like eng indicates that a translation to that language is available. The work was, indeed, enormous, taking from 1798 to 1801 to complete, and the tireless effort which haydn lavished on the. Kuhmeierguragerhaherarnold schoenberg choirconcentus. H aydn s final oratorio was composed in 1801, to capitalise on the success of the creation and also to be a secular complement to it. Returning from the second of those trips in 1795, he brought with him a libretto telling the judeochristian creation story. Composed towards the end of haydn s long and illustrious musical life, haydn didnt hesitate to utilize thematic material from other works of his including from his surprise symphony. Imitatively and selfmockingly papa haydn presents spring, summer, autumn and winter in four sections. Austria 1732 1809 534 sheet music 395 mp3 228 midi.
Lucas alles lebet, alles schwebet, alles reget sich. He had heard performances of handels messiah in london and was so moved by the piece that he decided to write something similar. An oratorio is a long musical work with orchestra, choir and solo singers. This live performance was recorded at the barbican in london in june 2010, when davis was just short of his 83rd birthday, and for british audiences it has carried overtones of a golden age.
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