A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

Hans Werner Henze

Composer of our Time

English by Wesley Balk

Year of composition 1951
Revised version 1994
Duration 25 minutes

Premio RAI in the framework of the Prix Italia 1953
Commissioned by the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Hamburg

Presentation of the tape production in public November 19, 1951

Hamburg · Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk · Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks

Production Otto Kurth
Conductor Harry Hermann Spitz

First transmission November 29th, 1951

Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk

World premiere of revised versions of both radio operas September 27, 1996

Köln · Westdeutscher Rundfunk · Studio für Elektronische Musik des WDR · Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester

Conductor Markus Stenz

In both of my radio operas, written in the early 1950s for the North-West German Radio in Hamburg, there is a substantial elec- troacoustic component. Due to technological developments this can now be expanded, using new interpretations, and methods of realization.

Hans Werner Henze

Rosa	soprano leggero
	soprano	the daughter
	contralto	the mother
	tenore	the groom
	baritono	the country doctor
	voce bianca di contralto	the patient
	basso	the father
	coro piccolo di bambini

1 Flauto	anche Ottavino
1 Oboe
1 Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto
1 Clarinetto basso
1 Fagotto
1 Controfagotto

2 Corni
2 Trombe
1 Trombone
1 Tuba

Percussione	Timpani Triangolo Piatti sospesi Piatti a due Tamtam Tomtom Tamburo piccolo Grancassa (con e senza il piatto) Claves Guiro Maracas Glockenspiel (piccolo) Xilofono Vibrafono 6 Campane tubolari Tescini cinesi Trinidad steel drum [per 5]
Arpa
Celesta
3 Pianoforti	(1° e 2° Pianoforte preparato)
Organo
Archi

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Hans Werner Henze

A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

Radio opera based on the novella by Franz Kafka

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