Musik unserer Zeit

The making of El Cimarrón began in about 1986, with a conversation I had with Hans Magnus Enzensberger about the difficulties of writing political songs today that would go beyond the achievements of...

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...

Soli, kleinen gemischten Chor und Instrumente (1) - Flöte und kleines Orchester (2) - Sprecherin, Sprechchor, gemischten Chor und Orchester (3)

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...

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...

Soprano and Small Ensemble

Flöte, Englisch Horn, Klarinette, Horn, Harfe, Viola, Bass