3rd movement after the poem “Epitaph” by Confucius (lost)
Preliminary stage to the Symphony No. 4 with new instrumental finale (1946/47, see there)
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)
based on texts by Andreas Gryphius for soprano solo, 4-part mixed choir and piano
in memoriam Alban Berg
Addition in the autograph: Winterthur September – München Dezember
Arrangement for soprano and piano as “Lamento” (1954/55, see there)
I Krieg [“War”]
II Elend [“Misery”]
III Liebe [“Love”]
IV An meine Mutter [“To my mother”]
V Geburt [“Birth”]
VI Friede [“Peace”]
Performance duration: 30′
First performance: October 22, 1968, WDR (Conductor: Herbert Schernus, Soprano: Charlotte Berthold, Piano: Alfons Kontarsky)
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)
for clarinet, string quartet und string orchestra
das Konzert ist im Geist und in Verehrung für Zoltán Kodály geschrieben [“the concerto is written in the spirit and reverence of Zoltán Kodály”]
the 2nd and the 3rd movement were already written in 1930
I Introduktion [“Introduction”]
II Tanz – Variation [“Dance – Variation”]
III Fantasie [“Fantasia”]
Performance duration: 25′
First performance: June 17, 1969, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich (Conductor: Rudolf Kempe, Soloist: Hans Rudolf Stalder)
3 scenes from his youth (1934/35)
New version (1956/57, s. dort)
after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, by Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Petzet and Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Aufführungsdauer: ca. 85′ (abhängig von Fassung)
First performance (concertante): April 2, 1948, Bayerischer Rundfunk (Conductor: Hans Rosbaud)
First performance (scenic): October 20, 1949, Cologne (Conductor: Richard Kraus, Staging: Erich Bormann)
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)
Hermann Scherchen gewidmet [“dedicated to Hermann Scherchen”]
I Langsam – sehr lebhaft [“Slow – very lively”]
II ♪ = 66
III ♩ = 120
Performance duration: 22′
First performance: 1936, Genfer Kammermusik-Wettbewerb Carillon (Végh-Quartett)
for trumpet with seven solo instruments
Then reworked as “Konzert für Bläserensemble, Kontrabässe und zwei Solotrompeten” [“Concerto for wind ensemble, double basses and two solo trumpets”] (1949), later reworked into the V. Symphony (1950)
I Toccata
II Lied [“Song”]
III Quodlibet
Performance duration: 19′
First performance: August 12, 1933, Straßburger Arbeitstagung der IGNM (Dirigent: Ernst Klug)
I Toccata
II Langsamer Tanz [“Slow dance”]
III Finale
Performance duration: 14′
First performance: December 29, 1990 (Siegfried Mauser)