I. Los poetas cubanos ya no suenan (Heberto Padilla); II. Prison Song (Ho Chi Minh); III. Keiner oder alle (Bertolt Brecht); IV. The Electric Cop (Victor Hernandez Cruz); V. The Distant Drum (Calvin C. Hernton); VI. 42 Schulkinder (Erich Fried); VII. Caino (Gino de Santis); VIII. Il Pasi (Mario Tobino); IX. Heimkehr (Heinrich Heine); X. Grecia 1970 (Giuseppe Ungaretti); XI. Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration (Bertolt Brecht); XII. Gedanken eines Revuemädchens während des Entkleidungsaktes (Bertolt Brecht); XIII. Das wirkliche Messer (Hans Magnus Enzensberger); XIV. Recht und billig (Erich Fried); XV. Patria (Migual Barnet); XVI. Screams (Interlude)(Walton Smith); XVII. The Worker (Richard M. Thomas); XVIII. Para aconsejar a una dama (Heberto Padilla); XIX. Roses and Revolutions (Dudley Randall); XX. Vermutung über Hessen (F.C:Delius); XXI. Schluss (Michaelis Katsaros); XXII. Das Blumenfest (Hans Magnus Enzensberger)
The standard, accepted order of instrumentation for large ensembles: fl.ob.cl.bsn - hn.tpt.trbn.tba - perc - other - vlnI.vlnII.vla.vlc.db - tape, or electronics. Saxophones appear between clarinet and bassoon.
All other scorings (less than 8 instruments) are listed in full.
When an instrument is listed in parentheses, then this instrument is doubled. "guitar (=electric guitar)" means that the guitarist plays an acoustic, as well as an electric guitar. In an orchestral setting, "1(I=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).1" would resolve to: 1 flute (also playing piccolo), 2 oboes (second oboe also playing cor anglais), 2 clarinets (second clarinet also playing bass clarinet), 1 bassoon. If there is an extra instrument, which is not doubled, then this is expressly written out, e.g. "1(I=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.1.dbn", which unravels to: 1 flute (also playing piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 double bassoon.
Solo instruments in a concerto or chamber setting are written out in front of the ensemble instruments: guitar - 1.1.1.1 - 1.0.0.0 - perc - strgs.
Genre
Guitar in the Ensemble
Premiere
London, United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 4 January 1974: Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano / Paul Sperry, tenor / London Sinfonietta, Hans Werner Henze (cond.)