Aristaeus

per voce recitante (baritono) e orchestra

Poetry by Hans Werner Henze

Year of composition 1997, rev. 2003
Duration 48 minutes
Commissioned by Rundfunk-Orchester und -chöre GmbH Berlin

I Ouvertüre

II Prolog

III Adagio

IV "All three of us were ravished ...“

V "The journey is southbound"

VI Nocturne

VII "I'm calling loudly ..."

VIII Grave

IX"An evil smell of petroleum is disseminating ..."

X Lonely

XI "And there is now another human being ..."

XII (without description)

XIII "A moonbeam hits the sleeping …"

XIV Moderato

XV "Did Eurydike forget me?"

XVI Lacrimosa

XVII "Sheets of floating ice have piled up ..."

XVIII Epilogue

XIX Finale