Essay on Pigs (Versuch über Schweine)

Hans Werner Henze

Composer of our Time

For sprechgesang (baritone) and orchestra

I Introduction — What you’re attempting
II Long discourse for duck decoy whistle
III Farewell Formulas
IV Statement
V Weary onset and temporary ending

Year of composition 1968
Duration 20 minutes

„What you’re attempting is a dense and obscure conglomerate
of conformity, of obliging arrangements and dreams“

World premiere 14. February 1969

London
English Chamber Orchestra
Baritone Roy Hart
Conductor Hans Werner Henze

2 Flauti	2° anche Ottavino
1 Oboe
1 Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto
1 Fagotto
1 Controfagotto

1 Corno
2 Trombe	2° anche Tromba piccola in re
1 Trombone tenore
1 Tuba

Timpani
Percussione	3 Piatti sospesi 3 Tamtam 6 Tomtom Tamburo militare Fascia di bambù Lastra Guiro Maracas Tablas [per 4]

Organo elettrico
Chitarra elettrica
12 Violini
4 Viole
4 Violoncelli
2 Contrabbassi
vari Fischi da richiamo di caccia	li eseguono i legni

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Versuch über Schweine

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June 2016

Elisabethkirche · Berlin · Deutschland

Versuch über Schweine

Publisher: Schott Music, Study score (ED 6310)

Publisher: Schott Music, Performance material (LS 2142-01)

Video: Ensemble UnitedBerlin Stimme: Matthias Bauer, Dirigent: Vladimir Jurowski; Berlin, Elisabethkirche 26. Juni 2016

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Essay on Pigs (Versuch über Schweine)

To a poem by Gastón Salvatore

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