The Tedious Way to the Place of Natascha Ungeheuer

World premiere May 17th, 1971

Rom · Teatro Olimpico (RAI)

Baritone William Pearson
Percussion Stomu Yamash'ta
Hammond organ Giuseppe Agostini

The Fires of London
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Gunther Hampel Free Jazz Group
Conductor Hans Werner Henze

The tape was produced in the studios of the TU (Technische Universität) Berlin

Sound engineer Rüdiger Rufer
Assistant Rainer Esche

Voices on the German tape
Dieter Schidor
Gastón Salvatore
Hans Werner Henze
Elfriede Irral

Natascha Ungeheuer exists. She lives in Kreuzberg (Berlin). With the character from this work, she has nothing in common but the name which Gastón Salvatore once came across by chance and used merely as a metaphor bearing no relationship to the person thus named. The percussionist works primarily within a wrecked car. The player may make his own selection of instruments and may also install percussion into the structure of the wrecked car. The percussive material which should be retrieved from the wreck (and the extra pieces) will consist of steel, aluminium, rubber, wood, glass and skin.

Hans Werner Henze

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