Haydn* – McCreesh* - The Seasons 1801

Introduktion und Accompagnato: See Winter, stern and gloomy, flies (1. Teil)
Chor: Come, gentle Spring!
Rezitativ: From Aries shines the bright'ning sun
Arie: With eagerness the countryman sets forth
Rezitativ: The countryman has paid his dues
Chor und Soli: Heav'n be gracious, Heav'n be bounteous
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: Our fervent pray'rs are heard
Duett - Chor mit Soli: O what charming sights delight us
Introduktion und Accompagnato: In darkness shrouded (2. Teil)
Arie und Accompagnato: The wakeful herdsman
Chor mit Soli: Behold the Sun!
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: The village lads and lasses
Cavatine: Exhausted Nature, fainting, sinks
Accompagnato: How welcome now, ye shady groves!
Arie: How refreshing to the senses
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: Behold, arising through the sultry air
Chor mit Soli: Ah! The storm approaches near!
Introduktion, Rezitativ und Accompagnato: That which spring has promis'd (3. Teil)
Trio - Chor mit Soli: Thus Nature rewards our toil!
Rezitativ: See how a bunch of eager lads
Duett: Fine ladies of the town
Rezitativ: On ravag'd hills
Arie: See lo on yonder open field
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: A tightning circle of hunters
Chor: Hark, hear the sounds of the chase
Rezitativ: On vines, the grapes are glistening
Chor: Drink up, drink up, the wine is here!
Introduktion und Accompagnato: The jaded year now fades away (4. Teil)
Cavatine: Light and life are enfeebl'd
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: The lake lies lock'd in frosty grip
Arie: The wand'rer stands perplex'd
Rezitativ und Accompagnato: And drawing near the welcome sight
Arie mit Chor: Whirring, whirring, whirring!
Rezitativ: Now the flax has all been spun
Arie mit Chor: A noble squire, of great renown
Rezitativ: And from the east there blows an icy blast
Arie und Accompagnato: Consider then, misguided man
Doppelchor mit Soli: Then dawns the morn so glorious