Martin Smolka
Encyclopedia
Martin Smolka is a contemporary Czech
composer
of classical music.
1985-1988
1988
1989
1990
1990-1992
1992
1993
1993-1995
1996
1996-1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2001-2003
2002
2003
2003-2004
2004
2005
2006
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of classical music.
Works
1983- Slzy (Tears);
1985-1988
- Hudba hudbička (Music Sweet Music) for ensemble;
1988
- Music for Retuned Instruments;
1989
- Zvonění (Ringing) for solo percussion;
- Nocturne;
1990
- L’Orch pour l’orch;
1990-1992
- Netopýr (The Flying Dog);
1992
- Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too;
1993
- Trzy motywy pastoralne (Three pastoral motifs);
1993-1995
- Rent a Ricercar;
1996
- Euforium;
- Three pieces for retuned orchestra;
1996-1997
- : Lullaby;
1998
- 8 pieces for guitar quartet;
- Autumn Thoughts for ensemble;
1999
- Lieder ohne Worte und Passacaglia;
- Nešť for orchestra;
- Like Those Nicéan Barks of Yore for trombone and life electronics;
2000
- Blue Note;
- Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews;
- Remix, Redream, Reflight;
- Houby a nebe (Mushrooms and Heaven), Czech text Petr Pavel Fiala and Martin Smolka;
2001
- Geigenlieder, German text Christian MorgensternChristian MorgensternChristian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern was a German author and poet from Munich. Morgenstern married Margareta Gosebruch von Liechtenstern on March 7, 1910...
and Bertolt BrechtBertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
;
2001-2003
- Nagano - OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
, librettoLibrettoA libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
Jaroslav Dušek and Martin Smolka; - Observing the Clouds;
2002
- Missa;
- Ach, mé milé c moll (Oh, my admired C minor);
2003
- Solitudo;
2003-2004
- Tesknice (Nostalgia);
2004
- Hats in the Sky;
- For a Buck;
2005
- Das schlaue Gretchen opera for children, librettoLibrettoA libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
Klaus Angermann;
2006
- Lamento metodico;
- Słone i smutne (Salt and Sad), Polish text Tadeusz RóżewiczTadeusz RózewiczTadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.Różewicz belongs to the first generation born and educated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. His youthful poems were published in 1938...
; - Semplice;
Discography
- Hudba hudbička, ensemble AGON, Arta Records, Prague 1991
- Music for Retuned Instruments, ensemble recherche, Wittener Tage für neue KammermusikWittener Tage für neue KammermusikThe Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik is a music festival for contemporary chamber music, jointly organised by the town Witten in the Ruhr Area and the broadcasting station Westdeutscher Rundfunk...
1991, WDR Köln 1991 - Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, col legno München/SWF Baden-Baden, Donaueschinger Musiktage 1992
- A v sadech korálů, jež slabě zrůžověly, Petr Matuszek - bariton, Martin Smolka - piano, Na prahu světla, Happy Music, Prague 1996
- Rent a Ricercar, Flying Dog, For Woody Allen, Nocturne, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1997
- Euphorium, Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, Music for Retuned Instruments, Ringing, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1998
- Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews, SWR-Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Meinhard Jenne – percussion, Rupert Huber - conductor, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000
External links
- http://www.martinsmolka.com/en/index.html - Homepage
- http://www.martinsmolka.lap.pl
- Martin Smolka at Breitkopf & Härtel
- http://www.musicbase.cz/index.php?page=detail_autora&mod=zobraz&ID=962
- http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/MusiciansPages/Smolka.html
- http://www.hisvoice.cz/archiv/text1-02.htm
- http://www.ensemble2e2m.com/biographies/smolka.htm