Orpheus

A story in six scenes (two acts)

For speaker and orchestra
Text by Edward Bond

Year of composition 1978
Duration 110 minutes

Orpheus

Orpheus behind the Wire

Poems by Edward Bond

For 8– to 12–part mixed chorus a cappella (SSS AAA TTT BBB)

Year of composition 1981-83
Duration 17 minutes

I What was hell like?
II The point to be…

Orpheus behind the Wire

Paraphrases on Dostoyevsky (Paraphrasen über Dostojewski)

Texts for Prince Myshkin by Ingeborg Bachmann (English by Michael Hulse)
For actor and eleven instruments

Year of composition 1990
Duration 32…

Paraphrases on Dostoyevsky (Paraphrasen über Dostojewski)

The Raft of the “Medusa” (Das Floß der Medusa)

Oratorio

for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus (and nine boy’s voices, soprano/alto) and orchestra (G)
(ger.) Text by Ernst Schnabel

Commissioned by the…

The Raft of the “Medusa” (Das Floß der Medusa)

Richard Wagner's Piano Songs (Richard Wagnersche Klavierlieder)

for two soloists (mezzosoprano and baritone), mixed choir and orchestra, arranged by Hans Werner Henze

Period of composition 1998-99
Duration  60…

Richard Wagner's Piano Songs (Richard Wagnersche Klavierlieder)

Claudio Monteverdi: Scenes and Arias from “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”

(Scene e arie da “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”)

Year of composition 1981
Duration 49 minutes

Claudio Monteverdi: Scenes and Arias from “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”

Sacrifice (Opfergang - Immolazione)

for singers, instrumentalists, and piano concertante

dramatic poem by Franz Werfel
composed by Hans Werner Henze

Commissioned by Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma

Period of composition 2008-09
Durat…

Sacrifice (Opfergang - Immolazione)

Scenes and Arias (Szenen und Arien)

from the opera “King Stag”

For large orchestra, soprano, tenor and mixed chorus

Year of composition 1956
Duration 15 minutes

Scenes and Arias (Szenen und Arien)

Shepherd’s Songs (Hirtenlieder)

From the opera “Venus and Adonis”

For six voices (SSMezTBarB) or chamber chorus a cappella

Year of composition 1993-95
Duration 11 minutes

I The Morning Arising
II Boisterous Adonis
III

Shepherd’s Songs (Hirtenlieder)

Six Songs for Soprano, Tenor and Wind Quintet

(Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Tenor und Bläserquintett)

to French folk poetry, translated by Manfred Hausmann

Year of composition 1945
Duration 18 minutes

Six Songs for Soprano, Tenor and Wind Quintet

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