The Seasons (Haydn) The Seasons (Haydn) The Seasons (German: "Die Jahreszeiten"), Hob. XXI:3), is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801. Haydn was led to write "The Seasons" by the great success of his previous oratorio "The Creation" (1798), which had become very popular and was in the course of being performed all over Europe. The libretto for "The Seasons" was prepared for Haydn, just as with "The Creation", by Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an Austrian nobleman who had also exercised an important influence on the career of Mozart (among other things commissioning Mozart's reorchestration of Handel's "Messiah"). Van Swieten's libretto
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood of Eden. The story continues with the first crime committed by mankind: Adamʻs son Cain murdered his brother Abel. Genealogy of Cain and genealogy of Seth are also given. Mankindʻs corruption was great on the Earth. God felt regret for making humans, but there was a man called Noah. All these events are told through the clear and simple words of an old nomad shepherd. Genesis: The Creation and the Flood Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (also called Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio in Italy or The Bible: Genesis in Australia) is a 1994 television film shot in