The composer Hans Werner Henze describes his Ninth Symphony for mixed chorus and orchestra (words by Hans-Ulrich Treichel after the novel "The Seventh Cross" by Anna Seghers) as follows:"What happens in this symphony is an apotheosis of terror and pain. It is a summa samarium of my creative output, the attempt to come to terms with the assaults of an arbitrary and unpredictable world. (...) A German reality, this symphony is above all an expression of enormous respect for the people who dared to resist in the time of Nazi-Fascist terror and who gave their lives to defend freedom of thought."
1 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Die Flucht (The Escape)
2 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Bei Den Toten (With the Dead)
3 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Bericht Der Verfolger (Report of the Persecutors)
4 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Die Plantane (The Plane Tree)
5 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Der Sturz (The Plunge)
6 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Die Nacht Im Dom (The Night in the Cathedral)
7 Symphony No. 9, for Chorus & Orchestra: Die Rettung (The Rescue)
The composer Hans Werner Henze describes his Ninth Symphony for mixed chorus and orchestra (words by Hans-Ulrich Treichel after the novel "The Seventh Cross" by Anna Seghers) as follows:"What happens in this symphony is an apotheosis of terror and pain. It is a summa samarium of my creative output, the attempt to come to terms with the assaults of an arbitrary and unpredictable world. (...) A German reality, this symphony is above all an expression of enormous respect for the people who dared to resist in the time of Nazi-Fascist terror and who gave their lives to defend freedom of thought."
