
· Laeiszhalle · Hamburg
Haydn’s »The Seasons« is rich in vivid observations of nature, which »this musical Prometheus, full of life and feeling«, as one review of the premiere put it, translated into music: now tender (»Come, gentle Spring«), now violent (»Ah, the tempest is approaching ...«), now robustly folksy (»Huzzah, the wine is here!«)