Zdeněk Pololáník
composer (born 1935)
Zdeněk Pololáník completed his studies of the organ play at the Conservatory in Brno; he then continued studying composition at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno under Vilém Petrželka and Theodor Schaefr.
He has devoted his whole life to the profession of a composer and he has written a considerable number of pieces of various genres. He composed 250 titles of orchestral, chamber, vocal and even dramatic music: 5 symphonies, 2 Concerti grossi, Sinfonietta, divertimento for 4 French horns and strings, Concertino per piano ed archi, Piano Concerto, Toccata for double-bass and chamber orchestra, Concentus resonabilis, 2 ballet suites, ballets: Mechanism, Pierrot, The Snow-Queen, The Lady among Shadows, Cinderella, scenic oratorio-opera-ballet Shir ha-shirim written on the original text of the Song of Songs for soloists, chorus and symphonic orchestra.
The most significant compositions among his chamber creations are pieces for organ, for organ and piano, compositions for violin and piano and for solo piano. The number of Popoláník’s compositions of sacred music is vast, he has written about 300 pieces – masses, psalms, hymns, ordinaries, propers, passions, sacred chants, and others. Popoláník is also an author of film, radio and television music - among others it is The Lion with a White Mane, Man against Destruction, Opera in a Vineyard or The Catapult; music for television series The Sons and Daughters of Jacob the Glassmaker, I Would Like to Have the Tree, and others.
Other scenic music pieces for home and foreign theatre scenes count around 350 titles. From his vocal music compositions let us mention children’s (women’s) choirs Into Drowsing I-II, Cantus laetitiae, Vávra and others; men’s choirs The Message of Christmas, and others; and mixed choirs Summer Festivity, Nabucodonosor, and others. He has also written number of song cycles – Singing of the Mystery Night, Cantus psalmorum, Two Ballades, Dulces cantilenae, Easter Journey, Songs on the poems of Jan Skácel, and others.
Titles for sale:
Concerto grosso No. 2 for Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings
Titles for hire - see Complete catalogue