SonoraSonora Jaźwinski, Barbara (1950- )Music of the Blue Winds (6:15) 1995, revised 2020 Publisher: American Composers Edition Instrumentation: flute, oboe or trumpet in b flat, clarinet, bassoon, piano The work was premiered by the New York University New Music Ensemble in 1997, and was dedicated to Esther Lamneck and that ensemble. The composition is … Read more
Górecki, Mikołaj Henryk (1971- )Burlesca (12:00) 2017 Publisher: PWM (c2018) Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano This work is dedicated to Beata Bilińska and the Cracow Woodwind Quintet, commissioned by the Musica Mundana Foundation. The piece was premiered in March, 2018, at the chamber hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony … Read more
Gołąbek, Jakub (1739-1789)Partita (5:50) Publisher: PWM (c1961) Adagio-AllegroAndante moderatoAllegro molto Instrumentation: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon This is a very pleasant classical-style composition. The Partita seems to be more of a solo piece for the first clarinet (partly doubled by the second clarinet) with an accompaniment from the horns and the bassoon. This treatment of … Read more
Garścia, Janina (1920-2004)Tema con Variazioni (5:26) Kraków, 1967 Publisher: PWM (c1967) GiocosoVar. I VivaceVar. II Meno mossoVar. IIIVar. IV ComodoVar. V CantabileVar. VI Vivo Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, bassoon Janina Garścia stands out in her own right, being a woman composer and foremost an educator. She created practical music – music that is and was … Read more
Dobrowolski, Andrzej (1921-1990)Duration: 15:00 Warsaw, 1956 Publisher: PWM (c1960) I. Allegro vivoII. AdagioIII. Vivo Instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bassoon Written in neo-classical style and influenced by works of Paul Hindemith, this piece is very graceful. It is a shame that only a score with no individual parts is published, thus preventing wider performance of this piece. … Read more
Czyż, Henryk (1923-2003)Quartet (11:00) 1949 Publisher: AA (c1979)Year: 1949 I. AllegroII. AndanteIII. Allegro Vivace Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon The most striking aspects of this work are it’s light character, highly rhythmic fast parts, and highly melodic and improvisatory sounding slower parts. Each movement is built out of contrasting parts. In the fast movements there … Read more
Chmielarz, Bernard (1958- )Castle Epigram/Zamkowa Fraszka (3:53) 2002 Publisher: not publishedYear: 2002 Instrumentation: flute, oboe, bassoon, harpsichord The work has been written for and dedicated to Polish Chamber Players “Pro Musica Antiqua.” It is mentioned on Pro Musica’s CD cover that “the piece is a deliberate evocation of the atmosphere … Read more
Baird, Tadeusz (1928-1981)Divertimento (6:00) 1956 Publisher: PWM (c1958)Year: 1956 CapriccioDuettoQuasi ValseAriettaMarcia Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon Tadeusz Baird, as all Polish composers of his era, came out of the neoclassical tradition. His Divertimento is one of the first pieces he wrote in dodecaphonic style of writing. He wrote this piece in 1956, and the first … Read more
Bagiński, Zbigniew (1949- )Solo, Duo ,Trio (8:20) 1984 Publisher: PWM (c1989)Year: 1984 TemaIntermezzo AmabileVarianteContrappuntoCanoneConclusione Instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bassoon The composer uses two distinct textures in this work, the highly soloistic and somewhat expressive, versus the rhythmical, punctuated repeated note texture. The work opens with a bassoon solo, which states the theme. The … Read more
Gdańsk, 2013 Reed Trio (11:00) Gdańsk, 2013 Publisher: AMUZ, Gdańsk (c2016)Duration: 11:00 I. AllegroII. ModeratoIII. Adagio Instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bassoon This piece has been written and dedicated to “Trio Stroikowe Raatz’uchy” of which the composer is a member. It’s written in three parts in the jazz and film music style. There are also parts that … Read more