The Seasons (Haydn) France or French people; Haydn in fact had friendly relationships with French musicians (see, e.g. Paris symphonies). Rather, Haydn was probably referring to an earlier attempt by van Swieten to persuade him to set the croaking of the frogs by showing him a work by the French composer André Grétry that likewise included frog-croaking. Although the work has always attracted far less attention than "The Creation", it nonetheless has been strongly appreciated by critics. Charles Rosen calls both oratorios "among the greatest works of the century", but judges "The Seasons" to be the musically more successful of the two. Daniel
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