Martin Smolka

Martin Smolka (born 11 August 1959 in Prague) is a contemporary Czech composer 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.
• NeÅ¡Å¥ 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 Morgenstern and Bertolt Brecht;

2001-2003

• Nagano - Opera, libretto Jaroslav DuÅ¡ek 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, libretto Klaus Angermann;

2006

• Lamento metodico;
• Słone i smutne (Salt and Sad), Polish text Tadeusz Różewicz;
• Semplice

2010

• fff (Fortissimo feroce Fittipaldi) for saxophone, piano and percussion - written for Trio Accanto.

Discography

• Hudba hudbička, ensemble AGON, Arta Records, Prague 1991
• Music for Retuned Instruments, ensemble recherche, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 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
• fff (Fortissimo feroce Fittipaldi), Trio Accanto, Wergo (forthcoming)

External links

• http://www.martinsmolka.com/en/index.html - Homepage