Hans Werner Henze

100 years Composer of Our Time

Love Songs (Liebeslieder)

Canzoni d'amore

For violoncello and orchestra
Commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rund- funk Cologne

Period of composition 1984-85
Duration 25 minutes

I Calm, restrained
II ¼ = 72
III Agitated, intense, stormy
IV Serious, grave
V Tango
VI Sonnet

World premiere

World premiere December 12th, 1986

Köln

Westdeutscher Rundfunk · Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Violoncello Heinrich Schiff

Conductor David Shallon

Comment

Behind the originally seven movements (of which I later removed the fifth, using it in “Introduction, Theme and Variations”) lie seven English poems of various dates, spiritual types, and verse-forms, whose internal structure I have analysed and translated into music, specifically in the sense of “Lied com- position”, which was gradually modified into instrumental music.

Hans Werner Henze

Instrumentation

2 Flauti2° anche Ottavino
1 Flauto contralto
2 Oboi
1 Corno inglese
2 Clarinetti
1 Clarinetto basso
3 Fagotti3° anche Contro-
fagotto
4 Corni
3 Trombe
2 Tromboni tenore
1 Trombone basso
1 Tuba bassa
Timpani
Percussione ICimbali antichi
Gong cinesi
Tamtam
Maracas
Guiro
Percussione IITamburo piccolo
Tamburo militare
3 Tomtom
Grancassa e piatto
Verga
Percussione IIISistri
Vibrafono
Arpa
Celesta
Pianoforte
Archi

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Ode an den Westwind (Ode al vento dell’ovest)

Liebeslieder (Canzoni d’amore) | Introduktion, Thema und Variationen (Introduzione, tema e variazioni) | Trauerode für Margaret Geddes (Ode funebre per Margaret Geddes)
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Ode an den Westwind (Ode al vento dell’ovest)

Nachtstücke und Arien (Nocturnes and Arias)

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Nachtstücke und Arien (Nocturnes and Arias)

Homosexuelle Spuren im Œuvre Hans Werner Henzes

Michael Kerstan
essays about Hans Werner Henze
Homosexuelle Spuren im Œuvre Hans Werner Henzes
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Heliogabalus Imperator

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Heliogabalus Imperator

Hans Werner Henze. Werke der Jahre 1984-93

Peter Petersen
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Hans Werner Henze. Werke der Jahre 1984-93
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Liebeslieder

Europe Concert
Liebeslieder
Friday
07
February 2014
BBC · Maida Vale Studios · Studio 1 · London · Großbritannien

Englische Liebeslieder · Los Caprichos · Ouverture zu einem Theater

Great Britain Gran Bretagna Concert Concerto
Englische Liebeslieder · Los Caprichos · Ouverture zu einem Theater
HfK Bremen - Fachbereich Musik

Symposium at the University of the Arts Bremen

In November 2017, Kadja Grönke and Michael Zywietz organised a three-day symposium on the "Status and perspectives of musicological homosexuality research". Four lectures focussed on the life and work of Hans Werner Henze.

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English Ballads and Sonnets (Englische Balladen und Sonette)

for piano and violoncello
Chamber music Keyboards String instruments
English Ballads and Sonnets (Englische Balladen und Sonette)

Introduction, Theme and Variations (Introduktion, Thema und Variationen)

For violoncello, harp and string orchestra
Concert
Introduction, Theme and Variations (Introduktion, Thema und Variationen)
Publisher: Schott Music, Solo part: ED 7418

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