| Notes | Benjamin Britten wrote "Tema 'Sacher'" for cello solo as a 70th birthday tribute to Paul Sacher. The idea stemmed from Mstislav Rostropovich who also invited eleven other composers to write variations on Sacher's name (Conrad Beck, , Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, Wolfgang Fortner, Alberto Ginastera, Cristobal Halffter, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Huber and Witold Lutosławski). Rostropovich first performed Britten's work at Sacher's birthday concert at the Tonhalle Zürich on 2 May 1976. It was later published by Faber Music. |
