Hans Werner Henze

Composer's Notes: This piece, written during the winter months of 2000-2001, consists of one movement, Allegro con fuoco, in which an old score is revisited, raided and ravished by its composer. The e...

Hans Werner Henze's Ouverture zu einem Theater was commissioned by the Deutsche Oper Berlin, with funding from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. The world premiere took place on 20 October 2012 at...

Nebelheim Und Sonnenland is a fourteen-minute continuous suite for Orchestra of material from Hans Werner Henze's last operatic work, 'Gisela!' (2010). This piece was arranged by distinguished conduct...

A good means for amateur orchestras to approach New Music!Henze's enchanting fairytale opera Pollicino was written for the school children of the little hiltop vollage, Montpulciano, in Tuscany where...

Henze composed these dances, which can be scored for various instruments, for the orchestra of the conservatory of Deutschlandsberg (Austria). These compositions are based on an anonymous 'Morissa' (S...

Hans Werner Henze used original music by Scarlatti, Handel and Vivaldi to evoke the baroque lifestyle for a TV film of José Montes-Baquer based on the novella Concierto Barocco by the Cuban Alejo Carp...

L'heure bleue, a Serenade for 16 instruments, was commissioned by Alte Oper Frankfurt, and premiered on 13th September 2001, performed by the Ensemble Modern and conducted by Oliver Knussen. Duration...

Hans Werner Henze used original music by Scarlatti, Handel and Vivaldi to evoke the baroque lifestyle for a TV film of José Montes-Baquer based on the novella Concierto Barocco by the Cuban Alejo Carp...

Dieses Stück wurde zwischen März und August 1953 in Sizilien und auf der Insel Ischia geschrieben. Es folgt in Ausdruck und Form dem gleichnamigen Gedichtzyklus von P. B. Shelley, der in fünf Sonette...

Klavierauszug mit Solostimmen Gesang und Solo-Violine - Sopran, Violine und Orchester oder Klavier zu 4 Händen