Hans Werner Henze

Solostimme konzertierende Gitarre und 15 Soloinstrumente

Henze also wrote the music of the successful film Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, co-produced by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta from the novel by Heinrich Böll: 'Böll's novella is...

Kammerchor, Posaune, 2 Violoncelli, Kontrabass, Portativ, Schlagwerk und Pauken.

Knabenstimme oder einstimmigen Knabenchor und 9 Soloinstrumente

In my ballet Orpheus, a full symphony orchestra is employed. Woodwind, brass and percussion represent Apollo, the god-sent Master of the Muses who has handed over to Orpheus the Power of Music. The (o...

In my ballet Orpheus, a full symphony orchestra is employed. Woodwind, brass and percussion represent Apollo, the god-sent Master of the Muses who has handed over to Orpheus the Power of Music. The (o...

I. Frösche wünschen sich einen König. Sie mißverstehen die Warnung Jupiters vor diesem dummen Wunsch, darauf schickt er ihnen einen Kranich, der sie frißt. II. Früher konnten die Krähen wunderschön si...

Hans Werner Henze used original music by Scarlatti, Handel and Vivaldi to evoke the baroque lifestyle for a TV film of José Montes-Baquer based on the novella 'Concierto Barocco' by the Cuban Alejo Ca...

Henze composed these dances, which can be scored for various instruments, for the orchestra of the conservatory of Deutschlandsberg (Austria). These compositions are based on an anonymous 'Morissa' (S...

Bei diesem Stück handelt es sich um die gesamte, in Sonatenform geschriebene Musik zu dem Film éL'amour a mort' von Alain Resnais, die ich 1983 mit éThe Fires of London' in London in den Hammersmith S...

The idea for this music is closely tied to the period during the 80s when I was stimulating cultural activity in smaller towns and villages in Styria. During that time, I had compiled a good number of...

L'heure bleue, a Serenade for 16 instruments, was commissioned by Alte Oper Frankfurt, and premiered on 13th September 2001, performed by the Ensemble Modern and conducted by Oliver Knussen. Duration...

Hans Werner Henze used original music by Scarlatti, Handel and Vivaldi to evoke the baroque lifestyle for a TV film of José Montes-Baquer based on the novella Concierto Barocco by the Cuban Alejo Carp...

Henze composed these dances, which can be scored for various instruments, for the orchestra of the conservatory of Deutschlandsberg (Austria). These compositions are based on an anonymous 'Morissa' (S...