Hans Werner Henze
Born: 1st July 1926, Gutersloh, Germany
Died: 27th October 2012, Dresden, Germany
Nationality: German
Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".
Henze was also known for his political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homosexuality.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Werner_Henze
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Igor Levit's Tristan
16th Sep 2022
Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
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Popular Works: Henze, H
- 5 Neapolitanische Lieder (5)
- Adagio Adagio (3)
- Ballett-Variationen (3)
- Being Beauteous (4)
- Capriccio (3)
- Carillon, Recitatif, Masque (7)
- Drei Tentos (18)
- El Cimarrón (5)
- Englische Liebeslieder (4)
- Fünf Nachtstücke (Elegie, Capriccio, Shepherd's Song I; Shepherd's Song II, Ode) (5)
- Il Vitalino raddoppiato (3)
- Kammermusik 1958 on the hymn 'In lieblicher Bläue' (3)
- Kammersonate (4)
- L'autunno (3)
- Lucy Escott Variations (3)
- Nachtstücke und Arien (5)
- Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge (4)
- Ode an den Westwind (4)
- Orpheus behind the wire (5)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (3)
- Quintet - Introduktion, Variationen und Fuge (3)
- Royal Winter Music (4)
- Royal Winter Music 1 - First Sonata on Shakespearean Characters for Guitar (10)
- Royal Winter Music 2 - Second Sonata on Shakespearean Characters for Guitar (9)
- S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207 (4)
- Sérénade (8)
- Serenade for Cello Solo (7)
- Sonatina (3)
- Symphony No. 1 (3)
- Symphony No. 2 (3)
- Symphony No. 3 (4)
- Symphony No. 4 (3)
- Symphony No. 5 (3)
- Symphony No. 6 (3)
- Symphony No. 7 (6)
- Symphony No. 8 (4)
- Toccata Mistica (3)
- Trauerode für Margret Geddes for cello sextet (3)
- Une petite phrase (3)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (5)
