03/27/2012

Work of the Week - Hans Werner Henze: Das Wundertheater

On 28th March 2012 Volksoper Wien will be presenting "An Evening for Hans Werner Henze". The highlight of the event will be the opening night of a new staging of Henze’s first opera Das Wundertheater (The Magic Theatre) directed by Thomas Schulte-Michels and conducted by Gerrit ...

more

03/13/2012

Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers at Curtis Institute; Dohnányi Conducts Music from The Bassarids at the New York Philharmonic

In a production perfectly aligned with the end of winter, acclaimed director Chas Rader-Shieber, designer David Zinn, and Artistic Director Mikael Eliasen bring Hans Werner Henze’s Elegy for Young Lovers to the Curtis Opera Theatre for three performances opening March 14. The performances are produced ...

more

02/23/2012

schott aktuell - the journal 2/2012 online

Hymns and their close relations odes and dithyrambs provide artistic expression for mankind’s desire to celebrate and sublimate existence, liberating us from the limitations of everyday existence and lifting us towards universal and even transcendental principles. In ancient times, the hymn ...

more

12/23/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2012 online

For Schott it is with particular pride that we look forward to the world’s celebrations of Wagner’s bicentenary in 2013. In anticipation of this event, we have been busy adding to our Richard Wagner Complete Edition: new urtext-vocal scores based to the Complete Edition of The Flying Dutchman in ...

more

10/24/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 6/2011 online

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA As orchestras continue to focus on innovation in the concert hall, chamber orchestra repertoire is increasingly becoming a fixture in concert programming. Perhaps one reason for this is clear: a smaller, more nimble ensemble opens up endless possibilities for alternative ...

more

08/15/2011

Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Henze and Helms - Quarterly German Record Critics’ Award - Award for WERGO-CDs - Two WERGO-CDs has been awarded the quarterly German Record Critics’ Award: The legendary speech artwork "Fa:m' Ahniesgwow" of Hans G Helms performed by the SpeechArt Trio sprechbohrer ...

more

06/28/2011

Hans Werner Henze - 85th Birthday, New Publications

On behalf of the entire staff of Schott Music, we offer Hans Werner Henze our congratulations on the occasion of his 85th birthday on 1 July 2011. The Schott publishing house has accompanied him and his music for almost 60 years. During these six decades, he has created a unique oeuvre which ...

more

06/21/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 4/2011 online

MUSIC IN BLOOM Flowers and Gardens: although we all use the same words, their meaning and significance can be completely different depending on our cultural background. Some of you may bring to mind roses or snowdrops; our ancestors, however, used the word for cherry or plum blossoms. I agree ...

more

06/20/2011

Work of the Week - Hans Werner Henze: The English Cat

The members of the R.S.P.R., the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats, a society of cats dedicated to vegetarianism, meet in the living room of Mrs Halifax, a wealthy lady... This is the curious opening of Henze’s opera The English Cat that will delight an audience in Münster ...

more

05/02/2011

Hans Werner Henze's Compositions between Symphony and Musical Theatre

Hans Werner Henze: Symphonies 3–5 In his essay Über Instrumentalkomposition of 1963 Hans Werner Henze states: „Everything moves toward the theatre and comes back from there. (…) In the orchestral pieces it is visibly close, although the typical of certain traditions of symphonic music is ...

more