Halina Łukomska

Halina Łukomska (born April 29, 1929 in Suchedniów, Poland, died August 30, 2016 in Kąty near Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish soprano. She was married to composer Augustyn Bloch.^[1]

Selected premieres

• Dimitri Terzakis:
  • Sappho-Fragmente (1977), premiered on April 17, 1980^[2]
  • Erotikon (1979), premiered April 19, 1980 by Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Halina Lukomska (sopr.), Spiros Argiris (conductor)^[2]

Selected recordings

• 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 opus 4.^[3] (Released in 1968.)
• George Frideric Handel: Silete venti (on Harmonia Mundi, 1962)^[4]
• Karol Szymanowski: a collection of songs. (issued on CD in 1990)^[5]
• Johann Christian Bach: Confitebor tibi Domine, cantata for solo, choir, and orchestra (1759) (Harmonia Mundi LP, 1973)^[6]
• Witold Lutosławski: collected edition on EMI CD, including five songs. (EMI, 2004).^[7]

Sources

1. "Augustyn Bloch". Polish Composers' Union. November 2001. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
2. "Dimitri Terzakis :: List of Works". Retrieved 2009-01-05.
3. Berg: OCLC 29446674
4. Handel: OCLC 221251085
5. Szymanowski songs: OCLC 44839430
6. JC Bach Confitebor tibi Domine: OCLC 60341139.
7. Lutosławski: OCLC 57071673.

• "Halina Łukomska" (in Polish). Polish Composers' Union. 2003. Retrieved 2009-01-05.