Aristaeus

dramma in musica

per voce recitante (baritono) e orchestra

Poetry by Hans Werner Henze

Year of composition 1997, rev. 2003
Duration 48 minutes
Commissioned by…

Aristaeus

Autumn (L’autunno)

Music for five wind players

Year of composition 1977
Duration 20 minutes

Dedicated to Peter Adam

I Moderato
II Allegretto
III Allegramente
IV Vivace
V

Autumn (L’autunno)

Ballet Variations (Ballett-Variationen)

Choreographic poem

dedicated to the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin on occasion of it's 75th anniversary

Year of composition 1949
New version 1998
Playing time 16…

Ballet Variations (Ballett-Variationen)

Ballet Variations (Ballett-Variationen)

for large orchestra

dedicated to the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin on occasion of it's 75th anniversary

Year of composition 1949
New version 1998
Duration 16 minutes…

Ballet Variations (Ballett-Variationen)

Barcarola

For large Orchestra
Commissioned by the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft, Zürich

Year of composition 1979
Duration 20 minutes

In memoriam Paul Dessau

Barcarola

Being Beauteous

Cantata on the homonymous poem from “Les Illuminations” (1872/73) by Arthur Rimbaud

For coloratura soprano, harp and four violoncellos
In one movement

Year of composition 1963
Duration 15 minutes

For the Koussevitzky Music…

Being Beauteous

Boulevard Solitude

Lyrical drama in seven scenes

Libretto by Grete Weil
Scenario by Walter Jockisch
(English by Norman Platt)

Year of composition 1951
Duration 82 minutes

Boulevard Solitude

Cantata della fiaba estrema

for soprano, chamber chorus and 13 instruments

Poem by Elsa Morante

Year of composition 1963
Duration 20 minutes

For Maja and Paul Sacher

Cantata della fiaba estrema

Canzona

For seven instruments

World premiere 1982
Duration 8 minutes

Canzona

Capriccio

For solo violoncello
Arranged by Heinrich Schiff

Year of composition 1976 (as Capriccio per Paul Sacher)
New version 1981
Duration 6 minutes

for Paul…

Capriccio

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