Composed as a gift for the poet herself (Margrit Bieri), each of the four songs depicts one of the seasons, the song sollection itself being a musical metaphor for the eternally recurrent life-death-life cycle. It is because of this that the last song ends with a reflective piano solo that suits as a transition to the key of the first song. This way the cycle can begin with whichever song without the continuity between them being disrupted.
Do you have any thoughts on this piece? I would love to hear them!