"eSACHERe"
See also: Sacher hexachordOn the occasion of Sacher's 70th birthday, twelve composer-friends of his (Conrad Beck, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten, Henri Dutilleux, Wolfgang Fortner, Alberto Ginastera, Cristóbal Halffter, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Huber and Witold Lutosławski) were asked by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich to write compositions for cello solo using his name spelt out in musical notes (musical cryptogram) as the theme (eS, A, C, H, E, Re). The compositions were partially presented in Zurich on 2 May 1976. The whole "eSACHERe" project will be (for the first time in complete performance) performed by Czech cellist František Brikcius in May 2011 in Prague.
| Composer | Composition |
|---|---|
| Conrad Beck | Für Paul Sacher : Drei Epigramme für Violoncello solo |
| Luciano Berio | Les Mots sont allés |
| Pierre Boulez | Messagesquisse, pour 7 violoncelles |
| Benjamin Britten | Tema "Sacher" |
| Henri Dutilleux | Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher |
| Wolfgang Fortner | Zum Spielen für den 70. Geburtstag : Thema und Variationen für Violoncello Solo |
| Alberto Ginastera | Puneña n° 2, op. 45 |
| Cristóbal Halffter | Variationen über das Thema eSACHERe |
| Hans Werner Henze | Capriccio per Paul Sacher |
| Heinz Holliger | Chaconne, für Violoncello Solo |
| Klaus Huber | Transpositio ad infinitum |
| Witold Lutosławski | Sacher-Variationen |
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