A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

Monodram

Poem by Franz Kafka (English by Wesley Balk)

Year of composition 1964
Duration 33 minutes

For baritone and small orchestra

A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt)

A Jewish Chronicle (Jüdische Chronik)

IV. Uprising

Joint composition project for alto and baritone, chamber choir, 2 speakers and small orchestra

Words Jens Gerlach

Year of composition 1961
Duration

A Jewish Chronicle (Jüdische Chronik)

Apollo et Hyazinthus

Improvisations for harpsichord, solo alto and eight solo instruments

based on the poem “Im Park” by Georg Trakl

Period of composition 1948/49
Duration 17 minutes

Dedicated to René Leibowitz

„Wieder wandelnd im alten…

Apollo et Hyazinthus

Ariosi

For soprano, violin and orchestra

To poems by Torquato Tasso
Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival Society

Year of composition 1963
Duration 27 minutes

Dedicated to the Earl of…

Ariosi

Ariosi

For soprano, violin and piano for four hands

To poems by Torquato Tasso
Dedicated to the Earl of Harewood

Year of composition 1963
Duration 27 minutes

I Qual rugiada
II Compianto
III Maraviglio…

Ariosi

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

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 Foundation…

Being Beauteous

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

Chamber Music 1958 (Kammermusik 1958)

On the hymn “In lieblicher Bläue” by Friedrich Hölderlin

For tenor, guitar and eight solo instruments
Dedicated to Benjamin Britten 

Year of composition 1958
Revised version 1963
Duration 40 minutes

I

Chamber Music 1958 (Kammermusik 1958)

Chanson for Chile (Chanson für Chile)

for tenor and guitar

Text by Dieter Süverkrüp

Chanson for Chile (Chanson für Chile)

We use cookies on our website. Some are essential, while others help us to optimize our website and the associated user behavior. You can view, change and / or revoke these settings at any time via the privacy settings.

Reject all Customize settings Accept all