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Andrzej Panufnik,
composer and conductor, b. 24th September 1914 in Warsaw, d. 27th October 1991 in Twickenham. In 1932-36 he studied music theory and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski at Warsaw Conservatory, obtaining an honours degree. In 1937-38 he started conducting studies with Felix Weingartner in Vienna; he continued these studies in 1938-39 with Philippe Gaubert in Paris. During the war and German occupation, he lived in Warsaw, where he performed as a pianist in both legal and illegal concerts (also in a piano duo with Witold Lutosławski). After the war, in 1945-46, he conducted the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra (1945-46), and held the post of director in Warsaw Philharmonic (1946-47). He also appeared as a guest conductor in Germany (with the Berliner Philharmoniker), France (with the Parisian Orchestre National de France) and Britain (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra). In 1950, he was elected vice-president of the UNESCO International Music Council. In 1953, he headed Poland’s official cultural delegation to China, where he was greeted by Mao Zedong in person. See: www.panufnik.com oraz worksAfter Andrzej Panufnik’s death in 1991, one of the all-time best conductors, Sir Georg Solti, wrote about him: “He was an important composer and first-class conductor, the finest protagonist of the European tradition of music making.” When he was leaving Poland in 1954, never to return except for a brief visit, the 40-year-old Andrzej Panufnik was already a well-known Polish composer. Having settled in England, he lived there for 37 years. Did he still remain a Polish composer? Tadeusz Kaczyński in his “Studio” magazine article dedicated to Andrzej Panufnik on the first anniversary of his death wrote about Polish qualities in Panufnik’s works, also those written abroad: |
kompozycje
Trio for violin, cello and piano* (1934)
Five Folksongs for soprano or soprano choir and 5 wind instruments * (1940)
Tragic Overture for orchestra * (1942)
Jaworzyna March for small orchestral ensemble * (1945-46)
Nocturne for orchestra * (1947)
Divertimento after trios by Feliks Janiewicz for strings * (1947)
Lullaby for 29 string instruments and 2 harps * (1947)
Circle of Fifths for piano * (1947)
Sinfonia rustica for 8 wind instruments and two string orchestras * (1948)
Hommage à Chopin – 5 vocalises for soprano and piano * (1949)
Old Polish Suite for string orchestra * (1950)
Symphony of Peace for choir and symphony orchestra * (1951)
Gothic Concerto for trumpet, string orchestra, harp and kettledrums * (1951-52)
Heroic Overture for orchestra * (1951-52)
Quintet for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets and bassoon * (1952-53)
Rhapsody for orchestra * (1956)
Sinfonia elegiaca for orchestra * (1957)
Polonia – orchestral suite * (1959)
Piano Concerto * (1961)
Landscape, interlude for string orchestra * (1962)
Autumn Music for chamber orchestra without violins * (1962)
Two Lyric Pieces for young performers (1962-63)
Sinfonia sacra for orchestra * (1963)
Song to the Virgin Mary for unaccompanied choir or 6 solo voices * (1964)
Hommage à Chopin for flute and small string orchestra * (1966)
Jagiellonian Triptych for string orchestra * (1966)
Katyń Epitaph for orchestra * (1967)
Reflections for piano * (1968-69)
Universal Prayer – cantata for 4 solo voices, 3 harps, organ and mixed choir * (1968-69)
Thames Pageant – cantata for young musicians and singers (1969)
Concerto for violin and string orchestra * (1971)
Triangles for 3 flutes and 3 cellos (1971-72)
Invocation for Peace – cantata for children’s voices, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones (or strings or woodwinds) (1972)
Fanfare for Europe for 9 wind instruments (1972)
Winter Solstice – cantata for solo voices, choir and instruments (1972)
Sinfonia concertante for flute, harp and strings * (1973)
Sinfonia di Sfere for orchestra * (1974-75)
String Quartet No. 1 * (1975-76)
Love Song [1st version] for mezzo-soprano and piano * (1976)
Dreamscape – vocalise for mezzo-soprano and piano * (1976-77)
Sinfonia mistica for orchestra * (1977)
Metasinfonia for organ, strings and timpani * (1977-78)
Concerto festivo for orchestra * (1979)
Concertino for timpani, percussion and strings * (1979-80)
Paean [1st version] for brass ensemble * (1980)
Paean [2nd version] for 11 instruments * (1980)
String Quartet No. 2 “Messages” * (1980)
Sinfonia votiva for orchestra * (1980-81)
Procession for Peace for orchestra * (1982-83)
Arbor Cosmica – 12 evocations for 12 string instruments (or string orchestra) * (1983-84)
Pentasonata for piano * (1984)
Concerto for bassoon and small orchestra * (1984-85)
Sinfonia di Speranza for orchestra * (1986)
Song to the Virgin Mary for string sextet * (1987)
String Sextet “Trains of Thought” * (1987)
Symphony No. 10 for orchestra * (1988)
Harmony – a poem for chamber orchestra * (1989)
A Prayer to the Virgin of Skępe for solo voice or choir in unison and organ (1990)
String Quartet No. 3 “Paper Cuts” * (1990)
Love Song [2nd version] for mezzo-soprano (or soprano), harp (or piano) and string orchestra (1991)
Cello Concerto * (1991)
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literatura wybrana
Bolesławska Beata Panufnik, PWM, Kraków 2001
Glińska Marta Panufnik o sobie [Panufnik About Himself], Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1990
Jacobson Bernard A Polish Renaissance, Phaidon Press Ltd., London 1996
Jaraczewska-Mockałło Krystyna Andrzej Panufnik. Katalog dzieł i bibliografia [Andrzej Panufnik. Catalogue of Works and Bibliography], Akademia Muzyczna w Warszawie, Warszawa 1997
Kaczyński Tadeusz Andrzej Panufnik i jego muzyka [Andrzej Panufnik and His Music], Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1990
Maciejewski Bogusław M. Twelve Polish Composers, Allegro Press, London 1976
Paja-Stach Jadwiga Panufnik Andrzej In: PWM Music Encyclopaedia (biographical part, ed. by Elżbieta Dziębowska), vol. “n-pa”, PWM, Kraków 2002
Panufnik Andrzej Impulse and Design in my Music, Boosey and Hawkes, London 1974
Siemdaj Ewa “Pomiędzy uczuciem a intelektem. Geneza autorefleksji muzycznej Andrzeja Panufnika.” [“Between Emotion and Intellect. The Origins of Andrzej Panufnik’s Musical Autoreflection”]. Muzyka polska 1945-1995 [Polish Music 1945-1995], Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie, Kraków 1996
Siemdaj Ewa Andrzej Panufnik. Twórczość symfoniczna [Andrzej Panufnik. Symphonic Works], Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie, Kraków 2003
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publikacje
Panufnik Andrzej Composing Myself, Methuen, London 1987
Panufnik Andrzej Impulse and Design in my Music, Boosey and Hawkes, London 1974
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