Wojciech Widłak Composer

Output

INSTRUMENTAL WORKS

ORCHESTRA

PostScriptum for symphony orchestra
2006
11’
dedication: to Andrzej Chłopecki
orchestra: 2 fl/pic, 2 ob., 2 cl (2. anche clb), 2 fg (2. anche cfg) / 4 cr, 2 tr, 2 tn, / 3 perc /
pfte / acc / archi 12-10-8-6-4
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
archival recording: Polskie Radio S.A. (Polska Orkiestra Radiowa)
Shortly on Line – enlarged version for chamber orchestra
2007
6’
orchestra: 2 fl (2. anche pic), 2 cl (2. anche clb), perc, pfte, archi 6-5-4-3-1
score, parts: composer (contact)
archival recording: Polskie Radio S.A. (Festiwal Prawykonań NOSPR)
Festivalente for symphony orchestra
2010
11’
orchestra: 3 fl (2., 3. anche pic), 3 ob (3. anche c ing), 3 cl (3. anche clb), 3 fg (3. anche
cfg) / 4 cr, 3 tr, 3 tn, tb / 7 perc / celesta / arpa / archi min. 16-12-10-10-8
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
archival recording: Polskie Radio S.A. (Festiwal Prawykonań NOSPR)

SOLO INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA

Earthsumption (Wziemięwzięcie) for symphony orchestra and organ
2003/04
18’
dedication: In memory of the Victims of World Trade Center 11.09.2001 attack
orchestra: 3 fl, 2 ob., 2 cl, clb, 2 fg, cfg / 4 cr, 3 tr, 3 tn, tb / 2x2 acc / min. 4 perc / org /
archi 14-12-10-10-8
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
buy recording: Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie

Figures in the Color of Background – rhapsody for solo violin and chamber string
orchestra
2016
16’
dedication: For Kaja Danczowska
organic: vn solo / archi 6-5-4-4-1
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
listen to: ninateka

(See also: VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL, STAGE WORKS)

CHAMBER WORKS

Toccata and fuga for two pianos
1992
5’10"
dedication: To Maria Machurowa
manuscript: composer (contact)
buy recording: Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie

Three Sketches for 4 instruments (2 versions)
1994
ca 5’
dedication: To Grażyna Krzanowska (ver. II)
instruments – version I: fl, cl, vc, org (pos.)
instruments – version II: fl, clb, vl, cemb
score, parts: composer (contact)

Concerto for 9 for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, piano, harp, violin, viola and violoncello
1995-97
ca 25’
dedication: To Storstrøms Kammerensemble
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Two Pictures without an Exhibitionforcello, percussion and piano
1996
9’30"
dedication: To my Master – Marek Stachowski
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Mirabesque for 9 reed instruments
1999
ca 8’
dedication: A Monsieur Serge Haerrig et Les Hautbois du Metz
score, parts: composer (contact)

Trio minore for violin, cello and piano – version II of Sonata minore
1999
ca 15’
version III: Sonata for double bass and chromatic accordion (bayan)
version IV: Aria e danza for cello and piano – parts II and III of Sonata minore
score, parts: composer (contact), Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl (Aria edanza)

Little Music from Three Places for trumpet, bassoon and harp
1999
ca 11’
score, parts: composer (contact)

Shortly on Line for flute (piccolo), clarinet (bass clarinet), piano, violin and double bass
(cello)
2001
5’30"
dedication: To ALEA Contemporary Music Ensemble Skopje
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Canzona da augurare for clarinet, piano and accordion
2001
5’30"
dedication: For Marek Stachowski’s 65 th Birthday
score, parts: composer (contact)

Salve Regina, an allegory for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
2004
7’30"
dedication: In memory of Marek Stachowski
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Fanfare for 2 horns
2008
4-5’
score: Wydawnictwo Akademii Muzycznej w Krakowie

...Fa caldo... for organ and 2 accordions
2012
2-3’
Score, parts: composer (contact)
All my Angers for cello and piano

2013
9’15"
dedication: To musicans of Cracow Duo: Jan Kalinowski and Marek Szlezer
score, parts: composer (contact)
listen to: ninateka
Añoranza. Fase inicial for 15 instrumentalists

2015
ca 8’
instruments: fl, cl, fg, cr, tr, tn, 2 perc, ar, pfte, 2 vn, vl, vc, cb
score, parts: composer ( contact )
archival recording: Związek Kompozytorów Polskich – Oddział w Krakowie

Widnokręgi (Horizons) for 2 flutes and piano
2017
15’30"
dedication: To Łukasz Długosz and Agata Kielar-Długosz
score, parts: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
listen to: flautoforte

Conductus for string quartet
2018
ca 13’
score, parts: composer (contact)

SOLO WORKS

Toccata for organ
1992
ca 3’
dedication: To Rysiek Szostak
score: composer (contact)

Exclamatio for 1 percussionist
1996
7’
instruments: 3 ptti, gng, tamt, 4 tbl, 4 bng, 4 tomt, tmb mil, 2 tmp, grc, flx, rag, mcs, clv, tmbno
score: composer (contact)

Sonata minore for organ
1998
ca 15’
dedication: To Andrzej Białko
other versions: for piano trio, for double bass and accordion, parts II and III for cello and
piano (see: instrumental works – chamber works)
score: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Greetings from Cracow (part I of Little Music from Three Places) for solo trumpet, version II for solo trombone
1999
3’20"
score: composer (contact)

Reflected Art Gallery. Room # 6bfor one pianist
2000
ca 10’
dedication: To Andrzej Pikul
score: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Psalm for marimba – part IV of Psalms for Children Young and Old
2002
2’
score: composer (contact)

Chromatic Fantasy (The Son is Scrumptious) for harpsichord
2003
7’30"
dedication: To Goska Isphording
score: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
buy recording: dux

Interludium for harp (part V of Stabat Mater)
2005
ca 4’
score: composer (contact)

Beyond the Autumn (Po jesieni) for solo viola
2009
ca 8’
version II for solo violin, 2010
score: composer (contact)
archival recording: Polskie Radio S.A. (Festiwal Prawykonań NOSPR)

Shemkel (Angel No. 7) for concert cimbalom
2013
ca 19’
dedication: In memoriam Janusz Korczak
score: composer (contact)
listen to: ninateka

Scraps of Memory (Strzępy pamięci) for piano
2018/2019
>20’
score: composer (contact)

VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL, STAGE WORKS

Stones of Silence (Kamienie ciszy) for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra
1992
ca 10’
words: Thomas Merton
original version: formezzo-sopranoand instrumental ensemble
manuscript: composer (contact)

SottoVoce – 5 songs for mezzo-soprano (soprano) and string quartet/ string orchestra
1995
18’
words: Lionel Grifo (original name Ornell Vagge)
version II: for mezzo-soprano (soprano) and string orchestra
first original title: Voci
score, parts: composer (contact)
listen to: sottovoce

Concerto laudativo for solo organ, boys choir and symphony orchestra
1996
ca 30’
words: Psalm VIII
dedication: To Jacek Kulig
score: composer (contact), parts: Filharmonia im. K. Szymanowskiego w Krakowie

A Short Solemn Mass (Msza Bogucka) for soprano, mixed choir and organ with possible participation of the faithful
1998
Parts of the Holy Mass in Polish, for liturgical use
words: Psalms in the composer’s paraphrase, roman missal, Z. Krasiński
dedication: To my Parents: Elżbieta and Stanisław Widłak
score: composer (contact)

Psalms for Children Young and Old for boys choir, percussion and organ
2002
ca 10’
dedication: To Lidia Matynian for 50th anniversary of Cracow Philharmonic Boys Choir
words: Leszek Aleksander Moczulski
score, parts: composer (contact)

Felix Randal – Short Elegy for 8-part mixed choir and 2 percussions
2004
7’
words: Gerard Manley Hopkins
score, parts: composer (contact)

Stabat Mater for female voice, mixed choir, harp and organ
2005
ca 20’
dedication: To Prior Andrzej Napiórkowski OSPPE and the whole Community of Pauline
Monastery "On the Rock" in Cracow, to the God-Saviour’s and His Mother’s Glory in the
year of Holy Angels
voices: SSATBB
score, parts: composer (contact)

Daniel – music drama in 1 act for male voices, male choir, ballet or dancers and orchestra
2006
libretto: Stanisław Wyspiański
voices: counter-T, T, 3 Brt, B, large male choir TTBB
orchestra: 2 fl, cl, clb, fg (cfg) / 2 cr, tr, tn / 3 perc / pfte, ar, acc / archi 6-5-4-3-2
score: composer ( contact )

Idillio – 3 songs for soprano and piano
2011
words: Pierluigi Cappello
score: composer (contact)
buy recording: Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie

VOCAL WORKS:

Psalmus 150 for mixed choir
1996
2’30"
choir: S (div. a 2), A, T (div. a 2), B (div. a 2)
words: Psalm 150
score (parts): Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Christmas Song (Pieśń wigilijna "Czemu płaczesz, Jezu") for mixed choir
1993/6
ca 3’
words: Kancjonał puławski
choir: SSAATB
score: composer (contact)

Prayer to Mother of God in Guadalupe for mixed choir
2000
6’
words: Pope John Paul II
choir: SSATBB
first version: for mixed choir, brass ensemble, percussion and double basses
score (parts): Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl (version for choir), composer (first version)

Psalmi latini for male choir/ for mixed choir
2003 / version for mixed choir 2005
8’
words: Latin Psalms
choir: SATB
score: composer (contact)

Kyrie for 8-part mixed choir
2010
3-4’
choir: SSAATTBB
score: composer (contact)

Misericordias Domini for 6-part mixed choir a cappella
2012/2019
6-7’
words: Psalm 89 (88), anonimowe modlitwy
choir: S-Ms-A-T-Brt-B
score (parts): Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Prayer to the Merciful God (Pieśń do Boga Miłosiernego) for 5-partmixed choir a cappella
2012
2’30"
words: Wojciech Widłak
choir: S-Ms-A-T-B
score (parts): Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl
buy recording: Polskie Radio S.A.

WORKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Visions for piano (juvenilium)
1986
ca 3’
dedication: To Maria Petronik
level: medium-advanced
manuscript: composer (contact)

Salty droplets (Słone kropelki) – a miniature for children for piano
1995
level: basic
manuscript: composer (contact)

Sonatina for solo oboe for youth
1996
level: medium
score: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Christmas Carols for flute, violin and piano in different combinations
1999
level: basic
partytura i głosy: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne pwm.com.pl

Cracovian Bombardier-Trams (Bombardiery krakowskie) for piano (cycle of 4 miniatures)
about 2010
level: basic-medium (children)
manuscript: composer (contact)

Etude-Painting for piano
2011
level: medium (children)
manuscript: composer (contact)

UTILITY MUSIC

MUSIC FOR LITURGY

Polish Christmas Carolsarr. for female schola and organ
1999-2000
Dlaczego dzisiaj wśród nocy dnieje
Niechaj będzie głośno wszędzie
Hej, w Dzień Narodzenia
Witaj, Jezu ukochany
dedication: Mariola Brzoska
manuscript: composer (contact)

Niech z serc popłynie wdzięczny śpiew (Let graceful singing flow from our hearts) – liturgical chant arranged for female schola (SSA) and organ
2002
mel.: Leon Świerczek CM
score: composer (contact)

Zmiłuj się nade mną (Have mercy on me) – liturgical chant
2002
words: bp Józef Zawitkowski
mel.: Wojciech Widłak
arrangement 1: mixed choir (SATB), organ
arrangement 2: female schola (SSA), organ
score: composer (contact)

Bądź pozdrowiona, Święta Faustyno (Hail, Saint Faustina) – arrangement of a liturgical chantforfemale choir (3 voices)
2002
words: M. Glińska
mel.: Stanisław Ziemiański SJ
arr. Wojciech Widłak
score: composer (contact)

Mane nobiscum, Domine – a 4-part circular canon
about 2005
score: composer (contact)

Church songs arranged for vocal ensemble (3 or 4 parts), 2016:
Krzyżu święty nade wszystko
Krzyżu Chrystusa, bądźże pochwalony
Odszedł Pasterz od nas
score: composer (contact)

arrangements of accompaniments to church songs:
"Śpiewnik Wawelski" ("Wawel Church Songbook"), t. II, III, ed. Wydawnictwo św. Stanisława BiM
"Bóg bogaty w Miłosierdzie" – liturgical aids for organists, ed. Wydawnictwo MKK, Kraków 2002

Litany to St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Author of melody
about 2005
commission: Congregation of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus(SS. Sercanki) in Cracow

OTHER WORKS

Słowiańska duszo moja (Oh, my Slavonic Heart) – music for soprano, mixed choir, large wind orchestra, percussion instruments and double basses
1999
ca 20’
words: Slavonic Sonnets by Karol Wojtyła
commission: The Wind Orchestra of Tadeusz Sendzimir Steel Plant HTS in Cracow

An Anthem of Polonia in Mannheim – melody and arrangement for choir (SATB)
2001
commission: Polish Cultural and Educational Associationin Mannheim (Germany)

March of the 2nd Mechanized Corps for military wind band
2002
ca 2’
dedication: To gen. dyw. Mieczysław Stachowiak, Commander of2nd Mechanized Corps
in Cracow
orchestra: fl, cl I, cl II, cl III, sax alt I, sax alt II, sax ten, sax brt, 4 cr, 3 tr, 3 tn, tmb mil, ptti, grc, 2 cornet, tenor, brt, 2 tb

J. Brahms – Vier Ungarische Tänze for 9 instruments
ok. 2003
instruments: fl, cl, fg, tr, ar, pfte, vn, vl, vc
commission: Storstrøms Kammerensemble
score, parts: composer (contact)

K.P-rys – music joke for clarinet with participation of violin, cello and piano
2003
dedication: To Krzysztof Penderecki for 70th birthday
score: composer (contact)

Jubilee fanfare of the Academy of Music in Kraków for brass ensemble
2018
1’
dedication: To my Alma Mater in the year ofher 130th jubilee
instruments: 3 tr, 3 cr, 3 tn ten, tn b, tb
score, parts: composer (contact)

DeCAn’DoLa 2019 for inter-faculty dean's team
2019
ca 6’
words: the Law on Higher Education and Science, 2018
category: occasional piece, music joke