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- Witold Lutosławski
Little Suite [Mala suita] (1951)
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- 11 min
- 27th June 2025, Schießhaus, Weimar, Germany
- 28th June 2025, Schießhaus, Weimar, Germany
Programme Note
The original version of this work, scored for chamber orchestra, was written in 1950 in response to a commission from Warsaw Radio. In the following year the composer revised and slightly extended the work, and rescored it for symphony orchestra. The first performance was given by the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grzegorc Fitelberg, in Warsaw on 20 April 1951.
The work uses folk melodies form the village of Machów in the region of Rzeszów, east of Cracow. These meoldies are presented as themes, but in the manner of the Concerto for Orchestra (1950-54) they are also subtly transformed to produce motives for textural elaboration.
1. Fujarka (Fife) Allegretto
2. Hurra Polka Vivace
3. Piosenka (Song) Andante molto sostenuto
4. Taniec (Dance) Allegro mo>
The work uses folk melodies form the village of Machów in the region of Rzeszów, east of Cracow. These meoldies are presented as themes, but in the manner of the Concerto for Orchestra (1950-54) they are also subtly transformed to produce motives for textural elaboration.
1. Fujarka (Fife) Allegretto
2. Hurra Polka Vivace
3. Piosenka (Song) Andante molto sostenuto
4. Taniec (Dance) Allegro mo>
Media
Little Suite: I. Fujarka (Allegretto)
Little Suite: II. Hurra polka (Vivace)
Little Suite: III. Piosenka (Andante, molto sostenuto)
Little Suite: IV. Taniec (Allegro molto)
Scores
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Discography
Lutosławski
- LabelAlpha Classics
- Catalogue Number232
- ConductorKrzysztof Urbanski
- EnsembleNDR Sinfonieorchester
- Released4th March 2016
Lutoslawski: Chamber Works
- LabelDUX
- Catalogue NumberDUX0949
- ConductorSzymon Bywalec
- EnsembleNew Music Orchestra
- Released1st May 2014
Opera Omnia Vol. 5
- LabelAccord
- Catalogue NumberACD 197
- ConductorJacek Kaspszyk
- EnsembleFilharmonia Wroclaw
- SoloistAgata Zubel, soprano
- Released1st April 2014
The Best of LutosLawski
- LabelNAXOS
- Catalogue Number8.556692
- EnsemblePolish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistAndrzej Bauer, cello; Krzysztof Bakowski, violin; Piotr Paleczny, piano
- Released2001
Orchestral Works III
- LabelChandos
- Catalogue NumberCHSA5106
- ConductorEdward Gardner
- EnsembleBBC Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistPaul Watkins, cello
Witold Lutoslawski
- LabelAlpha Classics
- Catalogue NumberALP232
- ConductorKrzysztof Urbanski
- EnsembleNDR Sinfonieorchester
The Best of Lutoslawski
- LabelNaxos
- Catalogue Number8 553169
- ConductorAntoni Wit
- EnsemblePolish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistPiotr Paleczny, piano
Music from 6 Continents (1993 Series)
- LabelVienna Modern Masters
- Catalogue NumberVMM3018
- ConductorSzymon Kawalla
- EnsembleKoszalin State Philharmonic Orchestra
- LabelThorofon
- Catalogue NumberCTH2041
- ConductorTakao Ukigaya
- EnsemblePomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra
- SoloistKrzysztof Jakowicz, violin
