Concertino na fortepian i orkiestrę smyczkową [partytura]
Baculewski Krzysztof, *26 December 1950 Warsaw, Polish composer. He studied composition with W. Rudziński at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw (graduating in 1974) and furthered his studies in composition in Paris with O. Messiaen in 1975–76. He studied electroacoustic music at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (internship with P. Schaeffer). In 1977–80, he taught at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw. In 1980, he obtained a PhD in the Humanities from the University of Warsaw. Since 1973, he has been a contributor to the journal “Ruch Muzyczny”, as well as to the periodicals “Studio” and “Klasyka”. Since 1982, he has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Warsaw, and a professor since 1998. He has won awards at composition competitions, including: 1985 – 2nd prize and distinction (no 1st prize was awarded) in the competition marking the 25th anniversary of the Poznań Music Spring festival for his Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet No. 2, 1990 – 1st prize in the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union Competition for Antitheton I.
Initially, Baculewski focused his compositional interests on sonoristic issues: the search for new sounds and new articulatory possibilities for instruments (Is-Slottet, Meander). Then, the issue of form came to the fore, especially large-scale instrumental form (Concerto for Orchestra); polyphonic texture also took on an important role. Baroque inspirations play a significant role in Baculewski’s work (in Antitheton, the title itself refers to Affektenlehre). The opera Nowe Wyzwolenie based on S.I. Witkiewicz’s work is a separate entity, in which the music performed on stage (singers, percussion quartet, conductor) is accompanied by music for wind orchestra played from tape.
Baculewski is the author of works that constitute an attempt at a comprehensive, synthesising approach to Polish contemporary music (1939–74, 1945–84) in both historical and systematic terms. These works belong to fundamental musicological literature.
Compositions:
Instrumental:
Epitafium for orchestra, 1972
Sonata for percussion, 1972
Meander for flute, 1973
Vivace e cantilena for flute, piano, cello and double bass, 1974
Is-Slottet (“ice palace”) for 12 instruments, 1975, performed at Warsaw Autumn 1976
A la recherche des harmonies perdues for orchestra, 1977
Passacaglia for percussion quartet, 1979
Concertino for piano and string orchestra, 1978
Concertino for harpsichord and strings, 1980
Partita I for alto saxophone and harpsichord, 1980
Ground for orchestra, 1981
Sonata wiosenna for flute, 1982
Concerto for orchestra, 1983
Suite de cheminée for 2 accordions, 1983
String Quartet No. 1, 1984
String Quartet No. 2, 1985
String Quartet No. 3, 1986
The Whole and Broken Consort for period instrument ensemble, 1986
Concerto armonico for string orchestra, 1987
Quartetto per 12 strumenti, 1987
Antitheton I for trio piano, 1988, performed at Warsaw Autumn 1993
Partita No. 2 for violin and piano, 1988
A Walking Shadow (in memory of Andrzej Krzanowski) for orchestra, 1990 performed at Warsaw Autumn 1991
Capriccio piccolo in cinque movimenti for flute, 1992
Antitheton No. 2 for 2 violins and continuo, 1994
Vocal:
Rilke-Lieder for soprano, bass, and 2 mixed choirs, 1994
Elegiae Latinae. Tu Ne Quaesieris for 6 male voices, 1995
Nox ultima, motet in memory of B. Bartók for mixed choir, 1995
Gloria for solo alto and mixed choir, 1996
Vocal-instrumental:
Sierpniowy relief for soprano and chamber ensemble, text T. Gajcy, 1985
The Profane Anthem To Anne for soprano, soloist quartet, chamber choir, period instruments, harpsichord and organ, 1993, performed at Warsaw Autumn 1994
Christmas Motet for soprano, tenor, chamber choir, period instruments, harpsichord and organ, 1993
Nowe Wyzwolenie, opera, composer’s libretto after S.I. Witkiewicz, 1974, staged in Wrocław 1986
Electronic:
Quartier Latin, old-style work for tape, 1981
Voyage à travers le paysage métaphysique for tape, 1992
Arrangements and reconstructions:
Pan Twardowski, suite from A.G. Sonnenfeld’s ballet, 1975
Piano concerto in A-flat major I.F. Dobrzyński, 1986
33 Polish carols for choir, soloists, and continuo, 1994
Works:
Polska twórczość kompozytorska 1945–84, Krakow 1987
Współczesność, część 1: 1939–1974, «Historia muzyki polskiej» VII, Warsaw 1996
Entries on contemporary composers in Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM, vol. 5