The Seasons, Op. 37a (also seen as Op. 37b; Russian: Времена года; published with the French title Les Saisons), is a set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Each piece is the characteristic of a different month of the year in the northern hemisphere. The work is also sometimes heard in orchestral and other arrangements by other hands. Individual excerpts have always been popular – Troika (November) was a favourite encore of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Barcarolle (June) was enormously popular and appeared in numerous arrangements (for orchestra, violin, cello, clarinet, harmonium, guitar and even mandolin).
| Date of composition | 1876 (1875-1876) |
| Type | Suite |
| Catalogue | Op. 37a |
| Approx. duration | 40 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano |
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Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: The Seasons, Op. 37a Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij: The Seasons, Op. 37a Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski: The Seasons, Op. 37a |