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The composer Hans Werner Henze describes his Ninth Symphony for mixed chorus and orchestra (words by Hans-Ulrich Treichel after the novel InchThe Seventh CrossInch by Anna Seghers) as follows InchWhat 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.Inch Album Tracks 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)
