In memoriam: The White Rose (In memoriam: Die Weiße Rose)

World premiere 16. march 1965

Bologna · Rassegna della Resistenza Europea · Teatro Comunale

Members of the Orchestra Comunale di Bologna
Conductor Bruno Maderna

An epitaph for Hans and Sophie Scholl and the friends of their heroic antifascist movement (historically remembered under the name of “The White Rose”) for which they gave their lives.

Hans Werner Henze

1 Flauto
1 Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto basso
1 Fagotto

1 Corno
1 Tromba
1 Trombone

2 Violini
1 Viola
1 Violoncello
1 Contrabbasso