Miniatury

This work was commissioned by the American Guild of Organists and was given its first perfotmance during their annual conference on 3 July 2006, Valparaiso University Chapel of the Resurrection Valparaiso, Indiana. This work was composed with the idea that it might be used in all kinds of liturgical settings. The two movements may be performed separately or together. In place of the trumpet part, flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, soprano saxophone in B flat, violin, viola, or soprano vocalise may be substituted. Parts in C and B flat are provided.

Fryderyk Chopin większość swoich pieśni traktował jak utwory okolicznościowe. Były dla niego utworami m. in. urozmaicającymi spotkania towarzyskie. Wiele z nich dedykował swoim przyjaciołom. Niniejsza publikacja to niemieckie wydanie zbioru szesnastu pieśni Chopina z jego opusu 74, w polskiej wersji językowej określanego jako "Pieśni i piosnki" op. 74. Są to romantyczne miniatury wokalne o różnej tematyce (m. in. miłosnej, żartobliwej, patriotycznej) skomponowane na głos i fortepian.

Three Preludes - a series of miniatures for flute and soprano without text - was completed by Michał Spisak in February of 1953. Although the composition lasts only four and half minutes, its history dated back in 1950. The composer then wrote in a letter to a friend about the start of the series. The first prelude, which took two times longer than the other two is more diversified and resembles Spisak's Duetto Concertante for bassoon and viola. The two remaining preludes are very short, technically simple miniatures, clarly linked to the works of baroque composers. Despite of these differences, the preludes are linked by secific use of the soprano. It is deliberately noted in the score below the flute and the composer most often only uses a low and medium register of this voice.

Lista utworów:
Preludium I Grave (Spisak Michał)
Preludium II Andantino (Spisak Michał)
Preludium III Lento (Spisak Michał)