Hans Werner Henze

In contrast to many composerswho only began to write symphonies in their maturity, Hans Werner Henze composed his First Symphony when he was 20. Henze himself later described this original version as...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

This substantial mature work shows the superb mastery of one of Germany's foremost contemporary composers. Henze, renowned for his lush orchestral textures and sensuous sonorities, aims for similar mu...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

This work was originally written for brass band (see there). At the composer's request, his former pupil Marcel Wengler wrote an arrangement for Symphonie wind band, which is equal to the original in...

Die im Titel genannten Namen beziehen sich auf Allegra Mostyn-Owen und Boris Johnson. Allegra Mostyn-Owen ist die einzige Tochter der italienischen Dichterin Gaia Servadio und des Historikers Mostyn-O...

Horn, 2 Trompeten, Posaune und Tenortuba

Flöte (Altflöte, Piccolo), Oboe (Oboe d'amore), Klarinette, (Klarinette (Es)/Bass-Klarinette (B)), Horn (ad lib. auch Wagnertuba), Fagott (Kontrafagott)

Hans Werner Henze's output is primarily dominated by large-scale, representative musical genres with a richly differentiated instrumental tonal palette: opera and other forms of musical theatre works,...