Martin Smolka


Martin Smolka is a contemporary Czech composer of classical music.

Works

;1983Slzy
;1985-1988
;1988Music for Retuned Instruments
;1989Zvonění for solo percussion.Nocturne
;1990L’Orch pour l’orch;
;1990-1992Netopýr ;
;1992Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too
;1993Trzy motywy pastoralne.
;1993-1995Rent a Ricercar
;1996Euforium;Three pieces for retuned orchestra.
;1996-1997
  • : Lullaby
;19988 pieces for guitar quartet.Autumn Thoughts for ensemble.
;1999Lieder ohne Worte und Passacaglia.Nešť for orchestra.Like Those Nicéan Barks of Yore for trombone and life electronics.
;2000Blue NoteWalden, the Distiller of Celestial DewsRemix, Redream, Reflight;Houby a nebe, Czech text Petr Pavel Fiala and Martin Smolka.
;2001Geigenlieder, German text Christian Morgenstern and Bertolt Brecht;
;2001-2003Nagano - Opera, libretto Jaroslav Dušek and Martin Smolka.Observing the Clouds
;2002MissaAch, mé milé c moll.
;2003Solitudo;
;2003-2004Tesknice
;2004Hats in the SkyFor a Buck
;2005Das schlaue Gretchen opera for children, libretto Klaus Angermann;
;2006Lamento metodico;Słone i smutne, Polish text Tadeusz Różewicz;Semplice
;2010fff 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 1992A 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, 1997Euphorium, 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, 1998Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Meinhard Jenne – percussion, Rupert Huber - conductor, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000fff , Trio Accanto, Wergo