Haydn’s The Seasons at O/Modernt

Haydn’s second large-scale oratorio (first performed in 1801) is based on a long Georgic poem by the eighteenth-century Scottish poet, James Thomson. Haydn’s virtuosic interpretation, which is suffused with the enlightened natural philosophy of the times, is a marvellously varied and painterly piece that the composer himself described as nothing less than ‘outstanding’.

Program
– Franz Josef Haydn: The Seasons Hob XXI:3

Participants
– Hugo Ticciati, conductor
– Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
– Ian Bostridge, tenor
– Florian Boesch, bass
– Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Blåsarsymfonikerna
– O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

(photo: Rikard Westman)