Martin Smolka

Martin Smolka (born August 11, 1959 in Prague) is a contemporary Czech composer of classical music.

[edit] Works

1983: Slzy (Tears);
1985-1988: Hudba hudbička (Music Sweet Music) for ensemble;
1988: Music for Retuned Instruments;
1989: Zvonění (Ringing) for solo percussion;
1989: Nocturne;
1990-1992: Netopýr (The Flying Dog);
1990: L’Orch pour l’orch;
1992: Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too;
1993-1995: Rent a Ricercar;
1993: Trzy motywy pastoralne (Three pastoral motifs);
1996: Euforium;
1996: Three pieces for retuned orchestra;
1996-1997: Lullaby;
1998: 8 pieces for guitar quartet;
1998: Autumn Thoughts for ensemble;
1999: Lieder ohne Worte und Passacaglia;
1999: Nešť for orchestra;
1999: Like Those Nicéan Barks of Yore for trombone and life electronics;
2000: Blue Note;
2000: Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews;
2000: Remix, Redream, Reflight;
2000: 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 Dušek and Martin Smolka;
2001-2003: Observing the Clouds;
2002: Missa;
2002: Ach, mé milé c moll (Oh, my admired C minor);
2003: Solitudo;
2003-2004: Tesknice (Nostalgia);
2004: Hats in the Sky;
2004: For a Buck;
2005: Das schlaue Gretchen opera for children, libretto Klaus Angermann;
2006: Lamento metodico;
2006: Słone i smutne (Salt and Sad), Polish text Tadeusz Różewicz;
2006: Semplice;

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