The Seasons (Haydn) comparable to that of "The Creation". In the years that followed, Haydn continued to lead oratorio performances for charitable causes, but it was usually "The Creation" that he led, not "The Seasons". The aging Haydn lacked the energy needed to repeat the labor of self-publication that he had undertaken for "The Creation" and instead assigned the new oratorio to his regular publisher at that time, Breitkopf & Härtel, who published it in 1802. "The Seasons" is written for a fairly large late-Classical orchestra, a chorus singing mostly in four parts, and three vocal soloists, representing archetypal country folk: Simon (bass),
The Seasons (Tchaikovsky) from the set. In "Troïka" one can hear the jingling sleigh-bells in the right hand. Where Tchaikovsky came from, this was very Russian. "Troika" is also considered the most challenging piece out of Tchaikovsky's very own selection of "The Seasons" because of such a rapidly moving melodic flow, a few "outbursts" to forte, and it also expresses a somewhat complicating technique, which delivers a strong variety of feelings to the interpreters and listeners of "Troika" as shown in the music sheets in the book "Tchaikovsky The Seasons Opus 37bis", which was edited and recorded by Alexandre Dossin. "Troika" has become