Henryk Mikolaj Górecki : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Choros I , op.20 (1964) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str(24.0.12.12.8)

  •  Refrain , op.21 (1965) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0444/4440/3timp.perc/str

  •  Scontri , op.17 (1960) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+2pic.0.2+Ebcl+bcl.2+2cbn/4431/8perc/2hp.2pf/str(30.0.12.12.8)

  •  Symphony No. 1 '1959' , op.14 (1959) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   timp.7perc/hp.hpd/str(16.16.14.12.10)

  •  Three Dances , op.34 (1973) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/3431/2timp/str

  •  Three Pieces In Old Style (1963) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Harpsichord Concerto , op.40 (1980) - 9 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   harpsichord

    Orchestration   str(6.6.4.4.2) [=16.14.12.10.8]
    (piano solo: str(16.14.12.10.8))

  •  Symphony No. 3 'Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs' , op.36 (1976) - 54 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   4(2pic)042+2cbn/4040/hp.pf/str(16.14.12.10.8)

  •  Two Sacred Songs , op.30 (1971) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   004(bcl)4(2cbn)/4441/str

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Concerto , op.11 (1957) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.cl/tpt/xyl/man/str(1.1.1.1.0)

  •  Genesis II: Canti Strumenta , op.19 no.2 (1962) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl+pic/tpt/2perc/pf4hnd/man.gtr/3vn.3va

  •  Musiquette II , op.23 (1967) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4tpt.4tbn/5perc/2pf

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Genesis III: Monodramma , op.19 no.3 (1963) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   13 metal perc/6db

  •  Monologhi , op.16 (1960) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   3 groups:perc(glock,vib,mar)/2hp; 3perc(6sus cym); 2perc(3tam.3gongs)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Genesis I: Elementi , op.19 no.1 (1962) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   string trio

  •  Musiquette III (1967) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   va(min 3)

  •  Quartettino (1956) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 fl. ob/vln

  •  Recitatives and Ariosos 'Music of the Larks' (1985)

    Orchestration   cl.vc.pf

  •  Sonata (1961) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn

  •  Variazioni (1956) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn.pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  3 Diagrams (1967) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   flute

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Kantata (1968) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   organ

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  2 Little Songs (1972) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   choir of four equal voices

  •  Amen (1975) - 8 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

  •  Euntes Ibant Et Flebant (1972) - 9 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Miserere (1981) - 44 minute(s)

    Chorus   unaccompanied mixed chorus

    Orchestration   unaccompanied mixed chorus

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Ad Matrem , op.29 (1971) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   4(2pic)444(2cbn)/4440/2timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Beatus Vir , op.38 (1979) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   4444(2cbn)/4444[=4462]/2perc/2hp.pf4hnd/str
    (If four tubas are not available, the 1st and 2nd tuba parts may be played by two additional trombones)

  •  Epitafium , op.12 (1958) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pic/Dtpt/5perc/va

  •  Symphony No. 2 'Copernican' , op.31 (1972) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   4(2pic)44(bcl)4(2cbn)/4441/3timp.3perc/hp.pf4hnd/str(36.0.12.12.12)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  O Domina Nostra 'Medytacje o Jasnogórskiej Pani Naszej', Op. 55 (1985) - 33 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/organ

  •  Three Songs (1956)

    Orchestration   medium voice/pf

  •  Two Sacred Songs, Op. 30 bis (1971) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   baritone/pf