Haydn The Seasons (2013)
When Joseph Haydn completed his fourth and final oratorio at the beginning of 1801 the 69-year-old composer was famous throughout Europe. Born in 1732 as the son of a humble wheelwright, Haydn grew up in a rural, peasant environment. That such a child should make his way eventually to the position of court composer was an extremely rare occurrence. Even in his days at royal courts, however, Haydn still felt a close and intimate attachment to Nature and to life in the countryside. When Baron Gottfried van Swieten, then, presented to Hadyn a libretto on the theme of The Seasons, he found in the old composer a worthy partner in his own veneration for Nature.
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt as Dirigent |
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J. Haydn as Komponist |
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Dorothea Röschmann as Sopran |
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Michael Schade as Tenor |
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Florian Boesch as Bass |
| Camera | Michael Beyer | Director of Photography |
