Friday, April 13,  8.00PM
Sunday, April 15,  3.00PM
Symphony Hall

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A crashing thunderstorm. a striking sunrise. dancing peasants. and daring hunt. This joyful oratorio depicts the four seasons through vivid musical imagery. Experience this masterwork with one of the world's most renowned conductors, Sir Roger Norrington.

Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Karina Gauvin, soprano (Jane)
Christoph Genz, tenor (Lucas)
Günther Groissböck, baritone (Simon)

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Thrill to Sir Roger Norrington's interpretation of Haydn's glorious portrayal of the four seasons. This masterpiece for chorus and orchestra includes musical descriptions of a hunt, a crashing thunderstorm, and a striking sunrise. Written in the Pastorale tradition and with a libretto by Baron Gottfried van Swieten, The Seasons, along with its companion The Creation, describes the universe as Haydn knew it. The subject is not as much Nature as man's relationship to nature. Here Haydn equaled Mozart's breadth and range of expression, and at the same time appealed to the public-partly by quoting the popular tune from his own "Surprise" Symphony and from other earlier works. The Seasons and The Creation employ the largest forces of any of Haydn's compositions. The Seasons was his last major work, Haydn's farewell to music.

For further information:
http://www.saintlouissymphony.org/0304notes/4-30-04.htm
Program notes to the Seasons.

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/haydnj.html
Good Haydn biography.