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…

To poems by Torquato Tasso
Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival Society

Year of composition 1963
Duration 27 minutes

Dedicated to the Earl of…

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…

per voce recitante (baritono) e orchestra

Poetry by Hans Werner Henze

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

For coloratura soprano, harp and four violoncellos
In one movement

Year of composition 1963
Duration 15 minutes

For the Koussevitzky Music…

Poem by Elsa Morante

Year of composition 1963
Duration 20 minutes

For Maja and Paul Sacher

for baritone, trumpet, trombone and string orchestra

Year of composition 1948
Duration 12 minutes

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

Year of composition 1958
Revised version 1963
Duration 40 minutes

I…

Text by Dieter Süverkrüp

Symphonic movement for mixed chorus and large orchestra from Goethe’s “Faust”, Part II, act 3

World premiere 1948
Revised version 1964
Duration 15…