List of compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki

Operas

• The Most Valiant Knight, children's opera in 3 acts
• Die Teufel von Loudun, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Aldous Huxley.
• Paradise Lost, based on the epic poem by John Milton
• Die schwarze Maske , based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann
• Ubu Rex, based on the play Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry

  Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1
• Symphony No. 2: Christmas
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4: Adagio, winner of the 1992 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
• Symphony No. 5: Korean
• Symphony No. 6: Chinese Poems
• Symphony No. 7: Seven Gates of Jerusalem, for soloists, speaker, triple chorus and orchestra
• Symphony No. 8: Lieder der Vergänglichkeit, for voices, chorus and orchestra

  Orchestral

• Symphonic Scherzo for orchestra
• Overture for orchestra
• Epitaph Artur Malawski in Memoriam for string orchestra and timpani
• Emanations for two string orchestras tuned a semitone apart
• Anaklasis for strings and percussion
• Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 string instruments
• Polymorphia for 48 string instruments
• Fluorescences for orchestra
• Canon for string orchestra
• Three Pieces in the Old Style
• De Natura Sonoris No. 1
• Pittsburgh Overture for wind band
• Kosmogonia
• De Natura Sonoris No. 2
• Prélude for winds, percussion and double basses
• Actions for free jazz orchestra
• Intermezzo for 24 strings
• The Awakening of Jacob / The Dream of Jacob
• Adagietto from Paradise Lost
• Sinfonietta No. 1, for string orchestra
• Sinfonietta No. 2, for clarinet and strings
• Music from Ubu Rex
• Entrata, for brass and timpani
• Burlesque Suite from Ubu Rex for large wind band
• Serenade, for string orchestra
• Luzerner Fanfare, for eight trumpets and percussion
• Fanfarria Real
• Danziger Fanfare, for brass and percussion
• Prelude for Peace, for brass and percussion
• De Natura Sonoris No. 3
• Sinfonietta No. 3, for string orchestra
• Adagio for string orchestra
• Polonaise for orchestra
• Polonaise No. 2 for orchestra
• Fanfare

  Concertante

• Piano:
• *Piano Concerto: Resurrection
• Violin:
• *Violin Concerto
• *Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra
• *Violin Concerto No. 1, for Isaac Stern
• *Violin Concerto No. 2: Metamorphosen, for Anne-Sophie Mutter
• Viola:
• *Viola Concerto
• Cello:
• *Sonata for Cello and Orchestra, for Siegfried Palm
• *Cello Concerto No. 1
• *Cello Concerto No. 2
• *Cello Concerto
• *Concerto Grosso No. 1, for three cellos and orchestra
• *Largo for cello and orchestra
• Flute:
• *Fonogrammi for flute and chamber orchestra
• *Flute Concerto, for flute and chamber orchestra
• *Sinfonietta for flute and string orchestra
• Oboe:
• *Capriccio for Oboe and Eleven Strings
• Clarinet:
• *Clarinet Concerto, for clarinet and chamber orchestra
• *Clarinet Concerto
• *Concerto Grosso No. 2, for five clarinets and orchestra
• Horn
• *Horn Concerto
• Others:
• *Concerto for violino grande and orchestra
• *Partita, for harpsichord, electric guitar, bass guitar, harp, double bass and orchestra
• *Music for alto flute, marimba and strings
• *Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra
• *Trumpet Concertino
• *Saxophone Concerto

  Vocal/choral

• Asking for Happy Isles for voice and piano
• The Sky at Night for voice and piano
• Silence for voice and piano
• Psalms of David
• Breath of Night for voice and piano
• Strophen for soprano, speaker and ten instruments
• Dimensions of Time and Silence
• African Lyrics for voice and piano
• Stabat Mater
• Cantata
• St Luke Passion
• Dies Irae
• Kosmogonia
• Utrenja
• Ecloga VIII
• Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
• Magnificat
• Te Deum
• Agnus Dei
• Polish Requiem
• Song of the Cherubim
• Veni creator
• Benedicamus Domino
• Benedictus
• Agnus Dei
• De Profundis
• Hymne an den heiligen Daniel
• Hymne an den heiligen Adalbert
• Credo
• Benedictus
• Santus for chorus a capella
• Gloriosa virginum for chorus a capella
• Kaddish, for voices, choir, and orchestra
• Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, for mixed choir, brass, percussion and string orchestra
• Powiało na mnie morze snów... Pieśni zadumy i nostalgii
• Missa brevis for chorus a capella
• Dies illa, for three soloists, three mixed choirs and orchestra
• Budapest '56 "Requiem" for narrator, soloists, chorus and orchestra
• Domine quid multiplicati sunt for chorus a capella

  Chamber

• Violin Sonata No. 1
• Misterioso for flute and piano
• Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
• String Quartet
• Three Miniatures for Violin and Piano
• String Quartet No. 1
• String Quartet No. 2
• Der unterbrochene Gedanke, for string quartet
• String Trio
• Clarinet Quartet
• Violin Sonata No. 2
• Sextet, for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and piano
• Agnus Dei, for eight cellos
• String Quartet No. 3
• Serenata, for three cellos
• Duo concertante, for violin and double bass
• String Quintet
• String Quartet No. 4

  Solo instrument

• Violin
• *Capriccio
• *Tanz
• *La Follia
• Viola
• *Cadenza
• *Sarabande
• *Tanz
• *Tempo di valse
• Cello
• *Capriccio per Siegfried Palm
• *Per Slava
• *Divertimento
• *Suite
• *Violoncello totale
• Clarinet
• *Prelude
• Horn
• *Capriccio per Radovan "Il sogno di un cacciatore"
• Tuba
• *Capriccio
• Keyboard
• *Mensura sortis for 2 pianos
• *De rebus sonoribus for harpsichord
• *Aria, Ciaccona & Vivace