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
Gdańsk, 2014 Serenada Łąkowa 1-2/Measow Serenade 1-2 (23:00) Gdańsk, 2014 Publisher: AMUZ, Gdańsk (c2017) Uwertura/OvertureWalc/WaltzPastoraleNokturn/NocturneRomans/Romance (dedicated to the loved one)Rondo Instrumentation: 2 oboes, oboe d’amore, 2clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons This composition was written for the 30th anniversary of the woodwind and percussion department of the Music Academy in Gdańsk. It was written for … Read more