Musical Compositions
Viktor Kalabis
1923 – 2006
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Chamber Music – String Quartets – Piano Quartets
Compositions for Wind Instruments
Wind Duos with Piano – Duos with Harpsichord
Compositions for Other Solo Instruments
To purchase any of Viktor Kalabis's sheet music, please visit the Schott Music website.
"Two Worlds" (loosely based on Lewis Carrol's "Alice in Wonderland")
for symphony orchestra, 2 parts, 25'
"Fable" for chamber orchestra, 12' - 14'
Symphony No. 1 36', EPB
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia pacis" 27', EPB
Symphony No. 3 (1970-71) 25', Schott
Symphony No. 4 (1972) 23', EBP
Symphony No. 5 (1976), 15', Schott
Symphonic music
Suita for orchestra "Festival of Straznice,"5 parts, 28' - 29', CHF
Symphonic Variations, 12' - 14', PA / Schott
Concerto for large orchestra 25', 4 movts., Schott
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1, 20', Schott
Concerto for piano and wind instruments No. 2, 19' - 21', CHF
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1, 21' - 23', EBP
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2, 15' - 16', EBP
Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, 23' - 25', EBP
Fantasia Concertante for viola and string orchestra, 10' - 13', CHF
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, 3 movts., 35' - 36', EBP
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra ("Le Tambour de Villevielle"), 3 movts., 15' - 16', EBP
Concerto for bassoon and wind instruments, 1 movt., 10' - 11', EBP
Diptych for string orchestra, 15', Schott
Chamber Music for String, 18', Schott
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra "Hommage a Stravinskij," 3 movts., 17' - 20', CHF
String Quartet No. 1, 22' - 24'
String Quartet No. 2, 14' - 16'
String Quartet No. 3, 19', Schott
String Quartet No. 4, 12', Schott (Hommage à J.S. Bach)
String Quartet No. 5 ("In Memory of M. Chagall") 22', Schott
String Quartet No. 6 ("In Memory of B. Martinu"), 16' - 17', EBP
String Quartet No. 7, 1 movt., 16'
Ludus for piano quartet op. 82 (1996), 8', Schott
Nonets
Classical Nonet, 4 movts., 18' - 21', CHF
II. Nonet ("Homage to Nature"), 4 movts., 19' - 22', EBP
Incantation - Tredecet for 2 Fl., Ob., Cor ingl., 2 Cl, 4 Cor, 2 Bsn, 1 movt., 11' - 13', ed. "Compmusic" Amsterdam
Septet "Strange Pipers" for 2 Ob, 2 Cor ingl., 2 Bsn, CBsn, 1 movts., 8'30'' - 10', ed. "Compmusic" Amsterdam
Octet "Spring Whistles" for 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Cor, 2 Bsn (1979), 10', Schott
Divertimento for Wind Quintet, 5 parts, 17' - 18', CHF
Small Chamber Music for wind quintet, 3 movts., 11' - 12', EBP
Sonata for violin and piano, 3 movts., 15' - 18', PA
Hallelujah for violin and piano, 3rd part of the "Three Old Testament Frescoes" (1st part by P. Eben, 2nd part by O.F. Korte), 6' - 7' (20' all parts), PA
Sonata for viola and piano, 1 movt.
Sonata for cello and piano, 3 movts., 18', Schott
Sonata for clarinet and piano, 3 movts., 21' - 22', PA
Suite for clarinet and piano, 3 movts., 7' - 9', PA
Suite ("Bagpiper's") for oboe and piano, 7 movts., 15' - 18', EBP
Fantasie for oboe and piano, 8' - 10'
Variations for French horn and piano, 8', PA, Schott
Sonata for trombone and piano, 2 movts., 15' Schott
Sonata for violin and harpsichord, 3 movts., 15'-16', EBP
Dialogues for violoncello and harpsichord, 4 movts., 10' - 12'
"Four Pictures" for flute and harpsichord, 4 movts., 17', PA
Duettina for violin and cello, 4 movts., 9' - 12'
Duettina for cello and double bass, 3 movts., 7' - 8'
3 Impressions for two clarinets, 3 movts., PA
Small Suite for two bassoons, 3 movts., PA
Couples for two flutes, 3 movts., PA
Compositions for solo instruments
Piano
Accents (Expressive studies for piano), 8 parts, 16' - 18', EBP
Entrata, Aria e Toccata for piano, 3 movts., EBP
3 Polkas for piano, 11', EBP
4 Enigmas for Graham, 11' - 12'
2 Toccatas for piano, PA / Schott
Allegro impetuoso for piano, PA / Schott
I. Sonata, 3 movts., 13'30'' - 15', PA / Schott
II. Sonata, 2 movts., 17' - 19'', PA / Schott
III. Sonata, 2 movts., 16' - 19'', EBP
Harpsichord
6 Two-Voices Canonic Inventions, 14' - 16' Schott
Aquarelles, 3 parts, 8' - 11', CHF
Preludio, Aria e Toccata ("I casi di Sisyphos"), 10' - 12', PA / Schott
Violoncello
3 Monologues for cello solo, 12', PA
Rondo Drammatico for cello solo, 4'40,'' Schott
Flute
3 Pieces for flute, 7' - 8', PA / Schott
"Tempting" for flute, 8' - 12', PA / Schott
French horn
Invocation for French horn solo, EBP
Guitar
"Reminiscences", 5 parts, 13'- 19', score: Zimmermann, Frankfurt am Main
Organ
Symphonic Fresco for organ (Afresco sinfonico), 9' - 11', PA
Cantatas
"Canticum canticorum" for mixed choir, chamber orchestra, alto, tenor, 13' - 14', CHF
"The War" for mixed choir, flute, cimbalon (piano) on folk poetry, 18', CHF
Songs with orchestral accompaniment
5 Romantic Love Songs to words by R.M. Rilke, 15', EBP (also piano version)
Songs with piano
"Bird's Weddings" for higher voice and piano, 8 songs, 12'- 14', PA / Schott
"Carousel of Life" for lower voice and piano to words by R.M. Rilke, 5 songs, 11' - 12'
Mixed choirs
"Dawn", "Autumn", 2 choirs to words by Vl. Sefl, 4'- 3'
Children choirs
Children Songs (with piano accompaniment), 6 parts, 12', EBP
Album of Folksongs (with piano), 20 songs, 30', SHV
4 Songs for Little Children (with piano), 5', CHF
We Sing a Song (with flute and oboe), 5 two- and three-canonic choirs, 6'- 8', CHF
Three Children Choirs (with piano), 6'- 8'