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composer: Hans Werner Henze
text writer: Hans-Ulrich Treichel
author of original text: Anna Seghers

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Dichtung auf Anna Seghers' Roman "Das siebte Kreuz" von Hans-Ulrich Treichel

Dedication: den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet
Premiere: September 11, 1997 Berlin, Philharmonie (D) Berliner Festwochen 1997 · Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher · Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester · Rundfunkchor Berlin · Choir director: Gerd Müller-Lorenz
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 3 (2. auch Ob. d'am., 3. auch Engl. Hr.) · Heckelphon · 3 (2. auch Kb.-Klar., 3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 6 · 4 · 5 (1. Alt-, 2. u. 3. Tenor-, 4. Bass-, 5. Kb.-Pos.) · 1 (im 6. Satz Kb.-Tb.) - P. S. (3 hg. Beck. [h./m./t.] · Beckenpaar · 3 Tamt. [h./m./t.] · 3 Tomt. [h./m./t.] · 3 Bong. [h./m./t.] · Tamb. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. [mit und ohne Beck.] · Woodbl. · Metallbl. · hg. Glasplättchen · Kast. · Mar. · Guiros [normal und sehr groß] · Ratsche · Peitsche · Amboss · Donnerblech · Bronzeplatte · Polizeipf. [Trillerpf.] · Sir. · 3 Flex. [verschiedene Tonhöhen] · Tempelbl. · Crot. · Röhrengl. · chin. Gongs · Glsp. · Vibr. · Marimba) (7 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. · Org. (nur im 6. Satz) - Str.
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 55' 0''
Year of composition: 1995/1997
Language: German
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El Cimarrón

The Seventh Cross

My Ninth Symphony deals with my German homeland – as it appeared to me when I was a young man, during the war and even earlier. It was written over a period of years, during which time I was intensely involved with the subject, an involvement that I would describe as the most harrowing experience – artistically, too – that I have ever known. This symphony is an apotheosis of terror and anguish, a summation of my creative career, an attempt to come to terms with an arbitrary and incalculable world that assails us at every turn. Instead of hymning joy, the beautiful divine spark, the men and women of my Ninth Symphony spend the evening conjuring up a world of horror and persecution that is still with us today and that continues to cast its shadows over us. This symphony reflects a German reality, but above all it expresses the greatest possible admiration for those people who opposed the Nazis’ Fascist reign of terror and who gave their lives to safeguard freedom of thought.

- Hans Werner Henze

I The Escape · II With the Dead · III Report of the Persecutors · IV The Plane Tree Speaks · V The Plunge · VI The Night in the Cathedral · VII The Rescue