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PAWEŁ SZYMAŃSKI: LIST OF WORKS
Suite (1969) - ensemble
instrumentation: flute, piano, string trio
duration: ca. 13 min.
publisher: manuscript
premiere: 1970, Warsaw
K (1972) - orchestra
duration: ca. 8 min.
publisher: manuscript
premiere: 1973, Warsaw
Crucifixus (1974) - mixed choir
duration: ca. 6 min.
publisher: withdrawn
Epitaph (1974) - two pianos
duration: 12-14 min.
date/place of composition: January 1974, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
premiere: 1974, Warsaw
String Quartet (1975)
duration: ca. 11 min.
date/place of composition: August 1975, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
Limericks (1975) - violin, harpsichord
duration: ca. 6 min.
publisher: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
premiere: 1976, Warsaw
Partita I (1976) - orchestra
duration: ca. 11 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
Kyrie (1977) - boy's choir, orchestra
instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - perc(4) - 12.12.8.8.4
duration: ca. 12 min.
date/place of composition: January 1977, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1978, Warsaw
Intermezzo (1977) - ensemble
instrumentation: 2fl.perc.4vln.3vla.2vc.cb
duration: ca. 8 min.
date/place of composition: June 1977, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1977, Warsaw
Partita II (1978) - orchestra
duration: ca. 25 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1978, Opole
Limericks (1975, rev. 1979) - flute, violin, cello
duration: ca. 6 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1980, Darmstadt
Gloria (1979) - female choir, ensemble
instrumentation: 5 * SS.MM.AA; picc - 3hn - perc(3).pf.harm - 18vln
duration: ca. 8 min.
publisher: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
premiere: 16 September 1979, Warsaw Autumn: National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrzej Markowski - cond.
prize(s): 1st Prize - Young Composers Competition, Polish Composers Union, 1979
recording(s):
La folia (1979) - tape
duration: 9'20"
date/place of composition: Warsaw
Ten Pieces (1979) - string trio
duration: ca. 13 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1980, Baranów
...under the plane tree (1980) - tape
duration: 12'40"
date/place of composition: Warsaw
Villanelle (1981) - mixed quartet
instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, harpsichord
text(s): James Joyce
duration: ca. 10 min.
dedication: Elizabeth and Krzysztof Penderecki
date/place of composition: April 1981, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1983, Lusławice
Four Liturgic Pieces (1981) - soprano, ensemble
- Christe eleison
- Domine fili unigenite
- Et incarnatus est
- Agnus dei
instrumentation: picc.2ob - tu - perc(3).pf - 3vla.2vc
duration: ca. 22 min.
date/place of composition: September 1981, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1986, Poznań
recording(s):
Two Pieces for String Quartet (1982)
duration: ca. 13 min.
dedication: w setną rocznicę urodzin Karola Szymanowskiego
date/place of composition: January 1982, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1983, Zakopane
Sonata (1982) - ensemble
instrumentation: strings, percussion
duration: ca. 12 min.
publisher: Polskie Wydawnictwo/Moeck
premiere: 1982, Warsaw
recording(s):
Crux fidelis (1983) - tape
duration: open duration
date/place of composition: 1983, Warsaw
premiere: 1983, Warsaw: "Znak Krzyża w sztuce" - Kościoł Miłosierdzia Bożego
Appendix (1983) - piccolo, ensemble
instrumentation: horn.tbn - perc(2) - 2vla.2vc
duration: ca. 12 min.
dedication: Andrzej Chłopecki
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 22 September 1984, Warsaw Autumn: Elżbieta Gajewska - piccolo, Warsaw Autumn Ensemble, Mieczysław Gawronski - cond.
recording(s):
Two Illusory Constructions (1984) - clarinet, cello, piano
duration: ca. 13 min.
dedication: Louise Lerche-Lerchenborg
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1984, Lerchenborg
Lux Aeterna (1984) - choir, ensemble
instrumentation: 3 * SSAATTBB; 2 * cel.vibra.pf.hp
duration: ca. 9 min.
date/place of composition: December 1984, Vienna
publisher: Chester Music/Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
premiere: 26 September 1985, Warsaw Autumn: SüdDeutscher Rundfunk Choir, Helmut Franz - cond.
prize(s): Prize - Sacred Music Composition Competition - Stuttgart, 1985
recording(s):
Partita III (1986) - harpsichord, orchestra
instrumentation: 3.0.3.0.3sax - 0.3.3.1 - perc(2).elec bass - 12.12.0.12.6
duration: ca. 14 min.
dedication: 'Pani Elżbiecie Chojnackiej'
date/place of composition: March 1986, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 28 September 1986, Warsaw Autumn: Elżbieta Chojnacka - harpsichord, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord - cond.
prize(s): Prize - Benjamin Britten Composers Competition
recording(s):
Trope (1986) - piano solo
duration: ca. 4'30"
date/place of composition: June 1986, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1990, Lerchenborg
Two Studies (1986) - piano solo
duration: ca. 11 min.
commission: Walter Labhart
dedication: 1) 'Panu Waterowi Labhartowi'; 2) 'Szabolczowi Esztényi'
date/place of composition: February 1986, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 15 September 1990, Warsaw Autumn: Szabolcs Esztényi - piano
recording(s):
Partita IV (1986) - orchestra
instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - perc(3) - 11.9.6.6.4
duration: ca. 13 min.
commission: BBC, Northern Ireland
date/place of composition: December 1986, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 24 April 1987, Belfast: BBC Ulster Orchestra, Lionel Friend - cond.
recording(s):
Through the Looking Glass ... I (1987) - ensemble
instrumentation: fl.ob.cl - cor - perc(5).cel.pf.cemb.hp.mand(3).guit - 1.1.1.1.1
duration: ca. 13 min.
date/place of composition: December 1987, Berlin
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1996
Through the Looking Glass ... II (1988) - tape
duration: 8'40"
date/place of composition: Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
recording(s):
A Study of Shade (1989) - chamber orchestra
duration: 11-14 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1989, Aldeburgh
A Kaleidoscope for M.C.E. (1989) - cello solo
duration: 7'45"
dedication: Ivan Monighetti
date/place of composition: December 1989, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Brevis
premiere: 1989, Wrocław
A Fugue (1990) - piano solo
"on a theme from Luna by Poul Rovsing Olsen"
dedication: Louise Lerche-Lerchenborg
date/place of composition: April 1990, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1990, Lerchenborg
quasi una sinfonietta (1990) - ensemble
instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - perc.pf - 1.1.1.1.1
duration: ca. 20 min.
commission: London Sinfonietta
date/place of composition: June 1990, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1990, London: London Sinfonietta
recording(s):
Sixty-Odd Pages (1991) - chamber orchestra
- table of contents
- abstract
- chapter 1
- chapter 2
- chapter 3
instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - perc(2) - 6.6.6.4.4
duration: 15-18 min.
commission: SüdWestfunk Baden-Baden
date/place of composition: May 1991, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1991, Warsaw
a due (1991) - two violins
duration: ca. 2 min.
dedication: Michał Bristiger
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1996
Five Pieces (1992) - string quartet
duration: ca. 16 min.
commission: BBC Bristol
dedication: to the memory of Jerzy Stajuda
date/place of composition: October 1992, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1993, Bristol (BBC broadcast): Brodsky Quartet
recording(s):
A Study of Shade (1989, orch. 1992) - orchestra
instrumentation: 3.3.3.3 - 3.3.3.1 - perc(3).pf - 16.12.8.8.6
duration: ca. 12-14 min.
date/place of composition: December 1992, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 15 September 1994, Warsaw Autumn: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Warsaw, Jerzy Katlewicz - cond.
recording(s):
Two Studies (1989/92) - orchestra
- Study of Outline
- Study of Shade (a version of A Study of Shade)
instrumentation: 3.3.3.3 - 3.3.3.1 - perc(3).pf - 16.12.8.8.6
duration: 15-18 min.
date/place of composition: December 1992, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1996
Miserere (1993) - male voices, ensemble
instrumentation: 2cnten.2ten.2bar; vibra.hp.4vc
text(s): Psalm L
duration: ca. 16 min.
commission: Polish Radio
dedication: Andrzej Chłopecki
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 28 March 1993, Warsaw (Polish Radio broadcast): Bornus Consort, Marcin Bornus-Szczyciński - dir.
prize(s): Mention - UNESCO Rostrum of Composers - Paris, 1994
recording(s):
Three Pieces (1993) - three recorders, metronome
duration: open
date/place of composition: August 1993, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1993, Basel
Through the Looking Glass ... III (1994) - harpsichord solo
duration: ca. 7 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1995, Paris: Elżbieta Chojnacka - harpsichord
Through the Looking Glass ... III (1994) - harpsichord, string quartet
duration: ca. 7 min.
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
Prelude (1994) - piano solo
duration: ca. 2 min.
dedication: Ulrike Boggild
date/place of composition: August 1994, Finland?
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1994, Finland?
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1994)
instrumentation: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - perc(2).cel - 12.12.8.8.6
duration: ca. 20 min.
commission: Radio France
dedication: Ewa Pobłocka
date/place of composition: December 1994, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: February 1995, Paris ('Présences' Festival): Ewa Pobłacka - piano,
recording(s):
Bagatelle für A.W. (1995) - mixed quartet
instrumentation: vln.cl.tsax.pf
duration: ca. 9 min.
commission: Auftrag des Ensembles Wiener Collage
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1995, Bratislava
Sonat(in)a (1995) - piano solo
(with ad libitum parts for clarinet, trombone, cello)
duration: ca. 4 min.
dedication: Włodzimierz Kotoński
date/place of composition: May 1995, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1995, Warsaw
In Paridisum deducant te Angeli, motet (1995) - male choir
text(s): Latin
duration: ca. 10 min.
date/place of composition: June 1995, Warsaw
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1995, Sendai, Japan
prize(s): Prize - Competition of the International Foundation for the Promotion of Polish Music
Two Melodies (1995) - piano solo
duration: ca. 4 min.
commission: Hungarian Radio, on the occasion of Béla Bartók celebration
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 1995, Budapest
recording(s):
Recalling a Serenade (1996) - clarinet, string quartet
duration: ca. 20 min.?
commission: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 25 July 1996, Kuhmo: Kari Kriikku - clarinet, Silesian String Quartet
Film Music (1994/96) - orchestra
instrumentation: 3recorders.3.0.3.0 - 3.0.3.0 - perc(2).pf/cel.hp - 10.10.6.6.4
dedication: Maciej Drygas
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
A Kaleidoscope for M.C.E. (1989, rev. 1997) - violin solo
duration: 7'45"
publisher: Chester Music/Paweł Szymański
premiere: 22 September 1997, Warsaw Autumn: Krzysztof Bąkowski - violin
recording(s):
Zajęcia dydaktyczne (1980) - film score
director: Ryszard Bugajski
Testament (1992) - radiophonic
director: Maciej Drygas
commission: Polish Radio
prize(s): Prize - Prix Italia, 1992
Tylko Beatrycze (1993) - radio drama
text(s): T. Parnicki
director: Janusz Kukuły
commission: Polish Radio
Stan nieważkości (1995) - film score
director: Maciej Drygas
prize(s): Grand Prize (film) - Monte Carlo Film Festival, 1995
Konrad Wallenrod (1995) - radio drama
text(s): A. Mickiewicz
director: Andrzej Zakrzewski
commission: Polish Radio
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