Luboš Fišer

Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil. From 1956 he studied at the AMU in Prague. His first publicly performed compositions were Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (1954).

Selected compositions

Orchestra & Wind Ensemble

• Patnáct listů podle Dürerovy Apokalypsy (Fifteen Prints after Dürer's Apocalypse) (1965)
• Double (1969)
• Lament for chamber orchestra (1971)
• Report for wind ensemble (1971)
• Labyrinth (1977)
• Serenády pro Salzburg (Serenades for Salzburg) for chamber orchestra (1979)
• Meridián (1980)
• Sonata for orchestra (1998)

Concertante

• Concerto da camera for piano and orchestra (two versions, 1964 with full orchestra, 1970 with wind)
• Concerto for piano and orchestra (1979)
• Romance for violin and orchestra (1980)
• Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1983)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra (1998)
• Sonata per Leonardo for guitar and orchestra
• Pastorale per Giuseppe Tartini for guitar and orchestra

Chamber

• Dialogue for trumpet and organ (1996)
• Impromptu for clarinet and piano (1986)
• Piano Trio (1978)
• Romance for violin and piano (1980)
• Ruce (Hands), Sonata for violin and piano (1961)
• Sonata for cello and piano (1975)
• Sonata for solo viola and string quartet (1991)
• Sonata for two cellos and piano (1979)
• Sonata "In Memoriam Terezin" for violin solo (1981)
• String Quartet (1983–1984)
• Sonata for cello solo (1986)
• Testis for string quartet (1980)
• Variace na neznámé téma (Variations on an Unknown Theme), for string quartet (1976)

Piano

• Sny a valčíky (Dreams and Waltzes) (1993)
• Sonata No.1 (1955)
• Sonata No.3 (1960)
• Sonata No.4 (1962–1964)
• Sonata No.5 (1974)
• Sonata No.6 "Fras" (1978)
• Sonata No.7 (1987)
• Sonata No.8 (1996)

Organ

• Reliéf (The Relief) for organ solo (1964)

Choral

• Requiem (1968)
• Vánoční koledy (Christmas Carols) for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra (1969)

Vocal

• Istanu, Melodrama for reciter, alto flute, and four percussionists (1980)
• Zapomenuté písně (Forgotten Songs) on Texts of Gypsy Poetry for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, and piano (1985)

Soundtrack

• On the Comet (1970)
• Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Finders Keepers Records 2006)
• Morgiana (Finders Keepers Records 2013)

References

• Czech Music page on Fišer's works
• The Apocalyptic Visions of Luboš Fišer