Hans Werner Henze

In den Jahren 1995/96 komponierte Hans Werner Henze das Ballett Le fils de l'air ou L'enfant changé en jeune homme. Nach der - zauberischen - Verwandlung durch die Künste der Gaukler, in deren Welt si...

When Henze, after nearly half a century, revisited some of his earlier musical material the result was this sophisti-cated little suite of intricate chamber pieces.

In contrast to many composerswho only began to write symphonies in their maturity, Hans Werner Henze composed his First Symphony when he was 20. Henze himself later described this original version as...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

This substantial mature work shows the superb mastery of one of Germany's foremost contemporary composers. Henze, renowned for his lush orchestral textures and sensuous sonorities, aims for similar mu...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

This work was originally written for brass band (see there). At the composer's request, his former pupil Marcel Wengler wrote an arrangement for Symphonie wind band, which is equal to the original in...

Die im Titel genannten Namen beziehen sich auf Allegra Mostyn-Owen und Boris Johnson. Allegra Mostyn-Owen ist die einzige Tochter der italienischen Dichterin Gaia Servadio und des Historikers Mostyn-O...

Horn, 2 Trompeten, Posaune und Tenortuba

Flöte (Altflöte, Piccolo), Oboe (Oboe d'amore), Klarinette, (Klarinette (Es)/Bass-Klarinette (B)), Horn (ad lib. auch Wagnertuba), Fagott (Kontrafagott)

This popular piece is now available in a version for viola. In close collaboration with Henze, the arranger Garth Knox created an edition in which the dynamics and phrasing have been made more precise...