The Seasons Hob XXI:3
Oratorio
[solos,mix ch,orch] duration: 120' solos: STB – choir: SATB/SATB – 2(picc).2.2.2.dble bsn – 3.3.3.0 – timp.perc – str – bc
vocal text: ドイツ語, 英語, フランス語Description
After the great success of The Creation, Haydn composed a new oratorio, The Seasons Hob XXXI:3. As for the Creation, Baron Gottfried van Swieten wrote the libretto. The German text is based on the English epic of the same name by James Thomson. Composed between 1799 and 1801, The Seasons is Haydn’s last major vocal work.
Divided into four cantatas, the work depicts the passage of the seasons. Van Swieten’s libretto inspired Haydn to create an idyllic depiction of nature throughout the year, from the awakening of nature in the spring to a summer day with thunderstorms, the harvest in the fall and the somber mood of winter. At the end of the secular oratorio, soloists and choir sing of the hope of redemption in eternal spring. The Seasons was premiered to great acclaim at the Palais Schwarzenberg in Vienna on April 24, 1801.
In addition to the full score and parts, the Breitkopf performance material offers a trilingual piano vocal score in English, French and German, prepared by Paul Klengel. It is optionally available as a clothbound edition.
PB 4382
score
EAN: 9790004203019
400 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 1395 g / softcover
EB 116
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004160060
296 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 784 g / softbound
EB 116-14
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004160077
296 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 860 g / linen binding
OB 4382-12
continuo realization
harpischord/piano
EAN: 9790004332368
92 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 387 g / softcover
OB 4382-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004306864
56 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 243 g / stapled
OB 4382-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004306871
52 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 231 g / stapled
OB 4382-19
viola
EAN: 9790004306888
48 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 211 g / stapled
OB 4382-23
violoncello 1
EAN: 9790004306895
44 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 193 g / stapled
OB 4382-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004306901
44 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 190 g / softcover
OB 4382-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004306918
240 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 1047 g / folder
Description
Description
After the great success of The Creation, Haydn composed a new oratorio, The Seasons Hob XXXI:3. As for the Creation, Baron Gottfried van Swieten wrote the libretto. The German text is based on the English epic of the same name by James Thomson. Composed between 1799 and 1801, The Seasons is Haydn’s last major vocal work.
Divided into four cantatas, the work depicts the passage of the seasons. Van Swieten’s libretto inspired Haydn to create an idyllic depiction of nature throughout the year, from the awakening of nature in the spring to a summer day with thunderstorms, the harvest in the fall and the somber mood of winter. At the end of the secular oratorio, soloists and choir sing of the hope of redemption in eternal spring. The Seasons was premiered to great acclaim at the Palais Schwarzenberg in Vienna on April 24, 1801.
In addition to the full score and parts, the Breitkopf performance material offers a trilingual piano vocal score in English, French and German, prepared by Paul Klengel. It is optionally available as a clothbound edition.