Halina Łukomska
Halina Łukomska (29 April 1929 – 30 August 2016) was a Polish soprano. She was born in Suchedniów, Poland on 29 April 1929. Łukomska was married to composer Augustyn Bloch.[1] She died in Kąty, near Warsaw, on 30 August 2016, at the age of 87.[2]
Selected premieres
[edit]- Dimitri Terzakis:
- Sappho-Fragmente (1977), premiered on 17 April 1980[3]
- Erotikon (1979), premiered on 19 April 1980 by Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Halina Lukomska (sopr.), Spiros Argiris (conductor)[3]
Selected recordings
[edit]- Pli selon pli (1969, Boulez, composer and conductor).
- Anton Webern: opp. 1–31 (soprano in most of the vocal works, along with Heather Harper.) (recordings made 1969-70, now reissued on Sony Classical.)
- Alban Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra; Chamber Concerto; Altenburg Lieder op. 4.[4] (Released in 1968.)
- George Frideric Handel: Silete venti (on Harmonia Mundi, 1962)[5]
- Karol Szymanowski: a collection of songs. (issued on CD in 1990)[6]
- Johann Christian Bach: Confitebor tibi Domine, cantata for solo, choir, and orchestra (1759) (Harmonia Mundi LP, 1973)[7]
- Witold Lutosławski: collected edition on EMI CD, including five songs. (EMI, 2004).[8]
Sources
[edit]- ^ "Augustyn Bloch". Polish Composers' Union. November 2001. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Halina Łukomska". culture.pl. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Dimitri Terzakis :: List of Works". Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ Berg: OCLC 29446674
- ^ Handel: OCLC 221251085
- ^ Szymanowski songs: OCLC 44839430
- ^ JC Bach Confitebor tibi Domine: OCLC 60341139.
- ^ Lutosławski: OCLC 57071673.
- "Halina Łukomska" (in Polish). Polish Composers' Union. 2003. Retrieved 2009-01-05.