To discuss existing works or commisions, please contact Walter Buczynski. The Canadian Music Centre website also features a selected list of recordings with audio clips.
Selected Compositions
Dramatic Works
Mr. Rhinoceros and His Musicians, children's opera (Lilly Barnes). 1965. Sop, bar, narrator. Ms
Do Re Mi, children's opera (Lilly Barnes). 1967. Sop, tenor, bar, 2 actors, instr ensemble. Ms
From the Buczynski Book of the Living, chamber opera (Buczynski). 1972. Sop, tenor, clarinet, piano, percussion. Ms
Naked at the Opera, chamber opera (Tom Hendry). 1978. 2 soprano, 3 tenor, bar, bass, violin, viola, violoncello, accordion. Ms
Orchestra
Beztitula. 1964. Pf, orch. Ms
Four Arabesques and Dance. 1964. Fl, string orch. Ms
Three Thoughts for Orchestra. 1964. Ms
Triptych for Orchestra. 1964. Ms
Four Movements. 1969. Pf, string orch. Ms
Seven Miniatures for Orchestra. 1970. Ms. CBC SM-308 (CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra)
A Work for Dance. 1970. Cl, percussion, string orch. Ms
Zeroing In No. 2 'Distractions and Then'. 1971. Full orch. Ms
Zeroing In No. 4 'Innards and Outards'. 1972. Sop, piano, orch. Ms
Three against Many. 1973. Fl, clarinet, bassoon, orch. Ms
Zeroing In No. 3. 1973. Str quartet, orch. Ms
Ars Romantica. 1976. Chamb orch. Ms
Lyric for Piano and Orchestra. 1976. Ms
Rhapsody for two horns and string orchestra. 1976. Ms
Three Serenades. 1976. orch. Ms
Legends for String Orchestra. 1976. Ms
Psalm 51. 1977. Sop, alto, tenor bass, SATB, string orch, organ, percussion. Ms
Concerto. 1979. Pf, orch. Ms
Concerto. 1980. Vn, orch. Ms
Fantasy on Themes From the Past. 1980 (rev 1984). Acc, string orch. Ms
Prayer and Dance, 1982. Cl, string quartet, string orch. Ms
Symphony No. 1. 1986. Full orch. Ms
Lyric V. 1988. Ob, string orch. Ms
Lyric VII. 1991. Va, orch. Ms
4 learning pieces for string orch (1964-5). All Ms
Chamber
Trio, Opus 4. 1954. Vn, violoncello, piano. Ms
Divertimento for Four Solo Instruments, Opus 15. 1957. Vn, violoncello, clarinet, bassoon. Ms. 1968. CBC SM-74/RCI 338 (Vancouver Symphony Chamb Players)
Elegy for Violin and Piano 'In Memoriam Kathleen Parlow.' 1963. Ms
Six Miniatures for String Quartet. 1963. Ms
Four Corners of Gregory. 1966. Guit. Ms
Milósc/Love (J. Beecroft). 1967. Sop, fl, piano. Ms
Trio/67. 1967. Mand, clarinet, violoncello (cb). Ms
Duo. 1974. Db, piano. Ms
Quartet /74. 1974. Fl, clarinet, violoncello, harpsichord. Ms
Sextet. 1974. Fl, clarinet, violin, violoncello, 2 percussion. Ms
Trio/74. 1974. Hp, bass clarinet, double-bass. Ms
Two Pieces for Woodwind Quintet. 1975. Ms
Olympics '76. 1976. Brass quintet. Ms. Music Gallery Editions MGE-34 (Composers Brass Group)
3 Serenades for chamber ensemble. 1976. Ms
The Tales of Nanabozho (D. Reid). 1976. Ww quintet, narrator. Ms
The First Symphony. 1977. Ms
Missa brevis. 1977. SATB, string quartet, brass quartet. Ms
Sonate Belsize. 1977. Solo accordion. Ms
Capricorn Suite. 1978. Guit. Ms
Resurrection II (Buczynski). 1980. Bar, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, accordion, percussion. Ms
... Winds... 1982. Fl (alto fl), violoncello, celesta, harpsichord, percussion. Ms
Cradle Song, Vocalise and Elegy (Blake, Donne). 1983. Bar, violin, piano. Ms
Piano Quintet. 1984. Pf, string quartet. Ms
Divertissement No.1. 1985, rev for orch 1987. Guit ensemble (orch). Ms
Gemini Quartet. 1986. Ob, violin, viola, violoncello. Ms
Divertissement No. 2. 1987. Hp, accordion, vibraphone. Ms
String Quartet No. 3 (Bible, Rilke). 1987. Sop, string quartet. Ms
Divertissement No. 3: Impressions and Memories. 1989. Perc quintet. Ms
Also 3 works for voice and piano (1954, 1955, 1966), three sonatas for violin and piano, violoncello and piano, and violin and violoncello (1979, 1982, 1983) and other works for various instr groupings. All manuscript
Piano
Aria and Toccata. 1963. Ms. CBC SM-162. See Discography.
Amorphus. 1964. Ms. CBC SM-162. See Discography.
Suite pour le piano 'One; Two; Three'. 1964. Ms. Marie Currie Sklodowska Presents CGA-654369. See Discography.
Ten Piano Pieces for Children. 1965. Ms. ('Happy' and 'Solitude') Dom S-69002 (Mould)
Sonata for piano 'Dzieki'. 1967. Ms. CBC SM-162. See Discography.
Eight Epigrams for Young Pianists (contains pieces from Seven Pieces for Piano, 1965). 1967. B & H 1969. ('Canon') Dom S-69002 (Mould).
Burlesque. 1970. 1 perf: piano, speaker, tape. Ms. CBC SM-270. See Discography
Three Piano Pieces. FH 1970
Zeroing In. 1971. 1 perf: piano, speaker, tape. Ms. CBC SM-270. See Discography.
Zeroing In No. 5 'Dictionary of Mannerisms.' 1972. Ms. Marie Currie Sklodowska Presents CGA-654369 (Book II). See Discography.
Twenty-Seven Pieces for a Twenty-Seven Minute Show. 1973. Ms. CBC SM270. See Discography.
Zeroing In - Zeroing Out. 1977. Pf, prepared tape. Ms
Monogram. 1978. Ms. Centrediscs CMC-0382 (Kubálek)
Lyric II. 1984. Ms. 1984. RCI 586 (Hung-Kuan Chen)
August Collection. 1987. 24 preludes. Ms
Mosaics. 1988. Ms
Piano Sonata No. 3 'Textures." 1991. Ms
Other works for piano and organ. All manuscript.
Voice and Choir
Mass with Outside Prayers. 1976. SATB, woodwind quintet. Ms
A Song Cycle: Songs of War (R. Aldington, W.H. Auden, et al). 1983. Ten, bar, piano. Ms
Three Choral Pieces (O. Wilde, A. Dobson, E. Waller). 1983. SATB. Ms
Flowers and Bouquets. 1987. SSAA. Ms
Remembrances of Latin Texts. 1988. SATB (boys' and men's choir). Ms
July Notebook (Buczynski). 1989. SATB. Ms
Author Michael Schulman, John Beckwith, Betty Nygaard King
Discography
Buczynski Burlesque; Zeroing In; Twenty-Seven Pieces for a Twenty-Seven Minute Show. 1974. CBC SM-270
Canadian Contemporary Keyboard Music: Buczynski - Pentland - Somers - Weinzweig - Tremblay. 1971. CBC SM-162
Buczynski Plays Chopin and Buczynski. 1973. Marie Currie Sklodowska Presents CGA-654369