The Seasons (Haydn) Heartz, writing near the end of a massive three-volume account of the Classical era, writes "The Hunting and Drinking choruses first led me to study Haydn's music more extensively beginning some forty years ago ... no music has elated me more in old age than "The Seasons"." Michael Steinberg writes that the work "ensure[s] Haydn's premiere place with Titian, Michelangelo and Turner, Mann and Goethe, Verdi and Stravinsky, as one of the rare artists to whom old age brings the gift of ever bolder invention." Opinions vary as to the nature of the relationship between "The Creation" and "The Seasons"
The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, "The Challenge". Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, "", unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia. Former casts from select seasons of MTV's "The Real World" and "The Challenge" competed with the hopes of winning a piece of the $250,000 grand prize. This is the first season since