Bagiński Zbigniew, *19 January 1949 Szczecin, †24 August 2024 Warsaw, Polish composer. In 1967–71, he studied composition at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw with T. Paciorkiewicz. In 1989, he took over the composition class at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. He cooperated with the PWST in Warsaw, and in 1973–74, he collaborated with the Institute of Musicology of the Catholic University of Lublin. Since 1989, he had been the secretary general of the ZKP. Winner of many composition competitions, including: in 1973 he received a distinction at the Young Composers’ Competition for Journeys to the Other Side, 1992 – 3rd prize at the international composition competition in Kyiv for Threnody, 1995 – 1st prize at the competition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Polish Composers’ Union for Little Elegiac Symphony.
Bagiński’s creative output consists primarily of chamber and symphonic music. The main determinant of Bagiński’s style is his attitude to form. Repetition dominates as a means of shaping, with a specific anti-development approach. The free flow of time, related to, among others, the repetition of long sections, the sound uniformity of the whole and the subdued instrumental colours create a specific atmosphere of the songs. Repetition in the essentially one-movement form of the Trio with a coda is based on the use of variants (but not in the sense of a classic motivic work), which constitute a factor integrating the form and influencing the expression of the piece. Bagiński’s anti-processing music is especially represented by: Piano Quartet, Canons, scherzos, epigrams… and Nocturne-Lullaby. In works from the 1990s, the melodic factor and harmonics approaching classical approaches become more important (Little Elegiac Symphony, Piano Concerto).
Literature: E. Sielicki Trio z kodą “Hommage à Brahms” Zbigniew Bagiński, “Ruch Muzyczny” 1989 No. 21.
Instrumental:
Tryptyk for clarinet and piano, 1968
Miscellanea for piano, 1972
Muzyka symfoniczna for orchestra, 1972
Wyprawy na drugą stronę for flute, piano and tom-tom, 1973, Warsaw 1977
Acho for organ, 1974
Concerto 26 for chamber orchestra, 1978
Trio for violin, clarinet and cello, 1980
Hawaiian Songs for 4 percussionists, 1981, performed during Warsaw Autumn 1994
Triada for orchestra, 1981
Dwa utwory z łącznikiem for alto flute, clarinet, harpsichord and string quartet, 1983
Trio z kodą. Hommage à Brahms for violin, cello and piano, 1983
Sinfonia notturna for orchestra, 1984, performed during Warsaw Autumn 1988
Solo, Duo, Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, 1984, Kraków 1989
Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra, 1985
Oh, Sweet Baroque, suite for string orchestra, 1985
Solo III for string bass, 1985
II Kwartet smyczkowy, 1986
G.P.P. for 7 for flute, violin, percussion and harpsichord, 1987
Wariant podwójny for organ and percussion, 1987
A.D. 1988 for piano, 1988
Symfonia w 7 odsłonach for orchestra, 1988
Nokturn-Kołysanka for 12 musicians, 1989, performed during Warsaw Autumn 1990
Blanc et noir for guitar, 1990
Growth for orchestra, 1990
Kwartet fortepianowy, 1990, performed during Warsaw Autumn 1991
III Kwartet smyczkowy, 1991, performed during Warsaw Autumn 1993
Solo IV for cello, 1991
Pary, 8 radio pieces for a few instruments, 1992
Trio for violin, alto and cello, 1993
Hejnał Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie 1995
Koncert fortepianowy, 1995
Koncert for cello and string orchestra, 1995
Mała symfonia elegijna for orchestra, 1995, Kraków 1997
Cake-Walk Rondo for piano for 4 hands, 1996
Ogród Armidy for clarinet, horn and string quintet, 1996
Kwintet fletowy, 1997
Vocal:
Inventores rerum for mixed choir, 1988
Choreae vulgares, “for male voices (but not only)” (i nie tylko)” to fragments from W. Gombrowicz’s Trans-Atlantyk, 1992
Msza for mixed choir, 1993
Vocal-instrumental:
Rubajaty Omara Chajjama for baritone and instrumental band, 1971
Versus for baritone and instrumental band, text Z. Herbert, 1985
Credo for 7 performers, 1986
Threnody for symphonic orchestra and mixed choir, 1992
Scenic:
Menażeria, musical for children, libretto by composer based on S.I. Witkiewicz
Theatre music
Pedagogical works:
Mały koncert C for piano and orchestra, 1974
Ricercar for 2 pianos for 4 performers, 1982
Arioso e scherzino for oboe and piano, 1986
Temat z wariacjami for violin and piano, 1993
Folk Studies for piano, 1993
W lesie for 3-voice choir, text M. Konopnicka, 1995
