• Witold Lutosławski
  • Bukoliki [Bucolics] (1952)

  • Chester Music Ltd (Worldwide except Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, China, countries of former Czechoslovakia, Croatia, former territories of Yugoslavia, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Romania, Hungary and countries of former USSR)

Chester Music is the publisher of this work in all territories except Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, China, countries of the former Czechoslovakia, countries of the former Yugoslavia, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Romania, Hungary and the whole territory of the former USSR, where the copyright is held by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM).

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  • 5 min

Programme Note

BUCOLICS

Written in 1952 for solo piano, Bucolics is based on Polish folk melodies. This short piece (duration 5 minutes) was first performed by the composer, himself an accomplished pianist, in Warsaw in December 1953 and is in five movements:

1. Allegro vivace
2. Allegretto sostenuto
3. Allegro molto
4. Andantino
5. Allegro marciale

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