The composer talks to Dethardt Fissen about Heinrich von Kleist’s play and how it came to be turned into an opera – thanks in part to Ingeborg Bachmann. (source: NDR)
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La nuova opera "Il giovane signore" di Hans Werner Henze. Un resoconto su un'opera in due produzioni, in due interpretazioni. Confronto tra la prima mondiale di Berlino e la produzione di Stoccarda. (Fonte: SWR)
SWR retro · Il giovane lord
In the interview with Friedrich Luft, the composer Hans Werner Henze talks about his musical work and his views on the function of music. Among other things, he addresses mass culture, working on commissioned works, and the distancing of contemporary music from the audience. His works for the theater and his love of opera are also covered in closer detail. (Source: rbb)
rbb retro · Interview with Friedrich Luft
As part of the WDR radio series ‘Musikalisches Nachtprogramm’, he gives an introduction to his work ‘Antifone’, which was premiered in Berlin on 20 January 1962 under the baton of Herbert von Karajan. (Source: WDR)
WDR retro · HWH on his composition ‘Antifone’
Hans Werner Henze compone l'opera "Elegia per giovani amanti" per conto della Süddeutscher Rundfunk. La prima è il 20.05.1961 per l'apertura del Festival di Schwetzingen. Un annuncio della prima, con approfondimenti esclusivi sulla produzione, è visibile nella Mediateca ARD sotto la voce "SWR Retro - Abendschau". (Fonte: SWR)
SWR retro · In occasione della prima di "Elegia per giovani amanti"