for large orchestra
2nd part of the symphonic triptych “Sinfoniae Dramaticae” (1941–1943)
I Fantasie (Introduktion, Thema und Variationen) [“Fantasy (Introduction, theme and variation)]
II Adagio
III Toccata
Performance duration: 30′
First performance: October 9, 1975, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Conductor: Rafael Kubelik)
for large orchestra
1st part of the symphonic tryptichon “Sinfoniae Dramaticae” (1941-1943)
Meinem verehrten und lieben Professor Antonio Mingotti herzlichst zugeeignet [“Cordially dedicated to my honored and dear Professor Antonio Mingotti”]. ii.IV.62
Revision: originally with the addition “China kämpft” [“China fights”] dedicated in memory of Den Shi-chua and Sergei Tretyakov – revised in 1962.
Performance duration: 15′
First performance (first version): July 26, 1947, Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Conductor: Hermann Scherchen)
First performance (new version): November 28, 1975, Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Nuremberg (Conductor: Hans Gierster)
for orchestra
meine Sinfonia tragica widme ich Herrn Pau Collaer, Brüssel, dem großen Musiker und wunderbaren Menschen [“I dedicate my Sinfonia tragica to Mr Pau Collaer, Brussels, the great musician and wonderful person”]
Adagio as model for the Symphony No. 3, 2nd movement (1948/49, see there) – original version rediscovered and published in 1973
I Introduktion (Mit bewegtem Ausdruck) [“Introduction (With moving expression)”]
II Adagio – Tumultuoso, Allegro
Performance duration: 25′
First performance: May 20, 1989, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Conductor: Udo Zimmermann)
based on the novel by Émile Zola, also called “Esquisses symphoniques”
Reworking of the Adagio in the early 1950s, new composition of the Toccata and conversion of the movements to form the Symphony No. 6 (see there)
Performance duration: 24′
First performance: February 15, 2008, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Conductor: Emilio Pomàrico)
in the words of Walt Whitman for alto voice and orchestra
Herrn Franz André, Brüssel, in Freundschaft und Verehrung zugeeignet [“dedicated to Mr Franz André, Brussels, in friendship and veneration”]
Preliminary stages: “Kantate” [“Cantata”] and “Symphonisches Fragment” [“Symphonic fragment”] (1935/36)
Revision: 1945/46
Final version: 1954/55 as “I. Symphonie ‘Versuch eines Requiems'” [“Attempt of a Requiem”]
Performance duration: 35’
First performance (Symphonisches Fragment): 1948, Frankfurt
First performance (I. Symphonie “Versuch eines Requiems”): 22. Juni 1957, Wiener Symphoniker (Conductor: Nino Sanzogno, Alto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan)
3rd movement unfinished; also known as “Tripelkonzert für Solofagott, Posaune, Kontrabass und Kammerensemble” [“Triple Concerto for solo bassoon, trombone, double bass and chamber ensemble”]
First performance: September, 25 2013 (Conductor: Andreas Hérm Baumgartner)