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
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
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