Tomasz Sikorski

Tomasz Sikorski ( born May 19, 1939 in Warsaw, † November 12, 1988 in Warsaw) was a Polish composer and pianist.

The son of Kazimierz Sikorski at the Warsaw Conservatory was a pupil of his father and of Zbigniew Drzewicki. Then he studied from 1965 to 1966 in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. From 1975 to 1976 he worked at the Columbia - Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City. After that, he lived as a freelance composer and pianist in Warsaw.

In addition to piano works and a radio opera Sikorski composed numerous instrumental works, sometimes with the use of a tape.

Works

  • 2 Preludes for Piano, 1955
  • Variations ( Wariacje ) for piano and percussion, 1960
  • Echo II for pianos, bells, gongs, tam-tams and tape, 1961-63
  • Sketches for string quartet, 1962
  • Antiphon for soprano, piano, horns, bells, gongs and tape, 1963
  • Prologues for female choir, pianos, flutes, horns and percussion, 1964
  • Concerto Breve for Piano, Winds and Percussion, 1965
  • Monodia e sequenza for Flute and Piano 1966
  • Sequenza I for orchestra, 1966
  • Sonant, for piano, 1967
  • Intersection for Percussion, 1968
  • Homophony for horns, trumpets, trombones, piano, and Gong, 1968-70
  • Crosstalk for two pianos, 1969
  • Music for Wind Instruments and tam-tams, 1969
  • For strings for 3 Violins and Violas 3, 1970
  • Collage for women's choir, instruments and tape, 1970
  • Diatonique Musique for Winds and 8 gongs, 1970
  • Vox humana for chorus, pianos, brass instruments, gongs and tam-tams, 1971-72
  • The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor ( Przygody Sindbada zeglarza ), radio opera for 6 speaking voices, soprano, tenor, female choir and orchestra, 1971-72
  • Diffused looking out ( Widok z okna oglądany w roztargnieniu ) for piano, 1971/72
  • Untitled ( Bez tytułu ) for clarinet, trombone, piano and cello, 1972
  • Holzwege for small orchestra, 1972
  • Listen to music ( Muzyka nasłuchiwania ) for 2 pianos, 1973
  • Music from a distance for choir, wind instruments, piano and percussion, 1974
  • Other voices for wind instruments, gongs and bells, 1975
  • The loneliness of the sounds for tape, 1975
  • The sickness unto death for speaker, 2 pianos, trumpets and horns on texts by Søren Kierkegaard, 1976
  • Music in the twilight for piano and orchestra, 1978
  • Hymn for Piano 1979
  • Strings in the Earth, 1979-80
  • Monophony for orchestra, 1979-80
  • Lontano for orchestra, 1979-80
  • Ositato for orchestra, 1979-80
  • Autograph for piano, 1980
  • Mode, 1980
  • From afar a bird for speaker, clavichord and tape. Text by Samuel Beckett, 1981
  • 2 Portraits for Orchestra, 1981-82
  • Paesaggio d' inverno for Steicher, 1982
  • Mode for solo cello, 1982
  • Euphony for piano, 1982
  • Self-Portrait for Orchestra, 1983
  • Autoritratto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, 1983
  • Little Concerto for Orchestra, 1983
  • Recitativo ed Aria for Strings 1983/84
  • La notte " Omaggio a Friedrich Nietzsche" for strings, 1984
  • Rondo for harpsichord, 1984
  • Moderato Cantabile for Cello Solo, 1986
  • The Silence of the Sirens ( by Franz Kafka ) for cello, 1986
  • Omaggio " in memoriam Borges " for four pianos and orchestra, 1987
  • Diario 87 for tape and speaking voice, 1987
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