Commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Period of composition 1974-76
Duration 120 minutes

Dedicated to Michele Risso

for symphonic wind ensemble

Year of composition 1957
Duration 10 minutes

Soundtrack for the filmlet by Volker Schloendorff A Weird Instant, part of the compilation Paukenspieler (5 filmlets by 5 directors after drawings by…

Poems by Mathilde Wesendonk
Orchestrated for contralto and chamber orchestra by Hans Werner Henze

Year of composition 1976
Duration 15 minutes

I Der…

For high voice (soprano or tenor) and eight instrumentalists

I Darest thou now, o soul
II No map here, nor guide  
III I know it not, o soul
IV Till…

For high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

I Darest thou now, o soul
II No map here, nor guide  
III I know it not, o soul
IV Till when the ties…

Year of composition 1946
Duration23 minutes 

Incidential music for the play of the same title by Edward Bond

Year of composition 1978