Jiří Teml
Jiří Teml is a Czech composer and radio producer.
Born in Vimperk, Teml studied music theory and composition with Bohumil Dušek and Jiří Jaroch during the 1960s and early 1970s while working as an economist. His first major success as a composer came with his Fantasia appassionata for organ which took third prize at the 1972 Prague Spring Festival. In 1976 he became the head of music and a radio producer at Plzeň Radio. He left there in 1980 to join the staff of Czech Radio 3 in Prague where he worked as a producer of programs of classical music for over 20 years.
A prolific composer, Teml's output includes several symphonies, concertos, song cycles, choral works, children's operas, chamber music, art songs, and works for solo organ and piano. His writing displays an influence of Czech folk music and for many years he has collaborated with the Plzeň Radio folk ensemble.
Selected works
;Orchestral- Suita giocosa for chamber orchestra
- Symphony No.1 "Lidé a prameny" for string orchestra, harp and timpani
- Tři promenády
- Concerto Grosso "Pocta Händlovi" for chamber orchestra
- Symphony No.2 "Válka s mloky"
- Capriccia for chamber orchestra
- Jubilejní variace – Symfonická věta k poctě B. Martinů, Symphonic Movement
- Písecké divertimento for chamber orchestra
- Epitaph, Symphonic Movement for string orchestra and percussion
- Omaggi – Festive Music for Pilsen for chamber orchestra
- Legenda "Zakladatelé kláštera v Disentis" for string orchestra, harp and percussion
- Symphony No.3 "Kafka" in One Movement
- Enigma vitae "Hommage à Leoš Janáček"
- Fantasie for clarinet and chamber orchestra
- Toccata for violin and orchestra
- Concerto for violin and orchestra
- Concertino for cello, string orchestra, piano and percussion
- Fantasie-Concerto for violin, harp and orchestra
- Concerto No.1 for organ with string orchestra, trumpets and percussion
- Concertino "Hommage à Vivaldi" for oboe and chamber orchestra
- Concerto No.2 for organ with brass and percussion
- Concerto Grosso No.2 for two violins, cello and string orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No.3 for flute, bassoon and string orchestra
- Concerto Rustico for hammered dulcimer and string orchestra
- Double Concerto "Zwei Schattensteine" for 2 clarinets and orchestra
- Concerto for harpsichord and chamber orchestra
- String Quartet No.1
- Balletto per due, 2 Suite of Short Pieces for oboe and bassoon
- Komorní hudba for oboe and piano
- Miniatures, 6 Compositions for accordion
- Pět kusů for clarinet solo
- Šest houslových duet
- Divertimento for violin, cello and piano
- Čtyři malé studie for violin, guitar and accordion
- Maňáskové divadlo for nonet
- Tři bagately for oboe, clarinet, violin and piano
- Čtyři invence for violin and guitar
- Dramatické scény for trumpet and piano
- Tři kusy "Vivat Stravinskij", String Quartet No.2
- Wind Quintet No.2
- Dřevěná muzika for soprano recorder, violin and percussion
- Kolokvia, 5 Short Pieces for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
- Monolog for viola solo
- Trittico for cornet and organ
- Teatro piccolo for bassoon and piano
- Obelisk, Concert Fantasia for violin and piano
- Triptych for horn and organ
- Klarinetový špalíček, 6 Easy Pieces for 2 clarinets
- Kaligramy, 7 compositions for harp
- Mozaika, Concertant Music for violin and piano
- Pantomima for flute and piano
- Rituál for flute, bass clarinet and piano
- String Quartet No.3 "Fantastické scény"
- Rozmarné léto, Musical Joke for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass
- Meditace a rozkoše, 2 Movements for viola and harpsichord after Jan Zrzavý
- Shakespearovské motivy for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord
- Příběh s happyendem for flute and harp
- Tři skladby for organ and percussion
- Trio gaio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
- Hommage à Simenon for bass clarinet and piano
- Kaleidoskop, Concert Music for violin and piano
- Pidluke, padluke, Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn and bassoon
- Reliéf, Capriccio for violin and piano
- String Quartet No.4 "Divertimento"
- Dvě invence for nonet and percussion
- Metamorfózy for flute, clarinet, piano, double bass and percussion
- Partita for violin solo
- Dvě folklórní studie for flute, viola and harp
- Hommage à Michelangelo for organ, brass quintet and percussion
- Dva obrázky z Bertramky for violin, cello and piano
- Taneční suita for 2 saxophones, 2 horns, double bass and percussion
- David a Goliáš for flute and organ
- Partita for flute, violin, cello and piano
- Divertimento for violin and viola
- Divertimento Rustico for 3 clarinets and bass clarinet
- Čtyři miniatury for string trio
- Epigramy for flute, violin and piano
- Čtyři nálady for violin and cello
- Cesta ke světlu for 2 violins
- Hudba k vernisáži for 2 violins
- Karlovarské obrázky for flute and piano
- Malá galerie for accordion and cello
- Strnadela for flute, violin and piano
- Krumlovské maškary, Suite for transverse flute and harpsichord
- Přišla k nám radostná novina for 2 violins
- Půjdem spolu do Betléma, Christmas Carols for cello and percussion
- Fantazie a rondo for oboe and violin
- Komorní hudba for viola and piano
- Šumavské variace for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
- Čtvero denních dob aneb Vivaldi v Čechách for 2 violins
- Mozartovská křižovatka for 2 violins
- Commedia dell'arte
- Diptych
- Pět tanců
- Fantasia Appassionata
- Tři ritornely
- Alchymisté, 6 compositions
- Responsoria
- Rapsodie
- Concertino for organ and wind quintet
- Mysterium sacrum
- Fantasietta – Hommage à Buxtehude
- Hudbička, Pieces for children
- Pět malých etud
- Čtyři věty
- Zelená flétna, Melodrama on Verses of Miroslav Florian for reciter, flute, viola and harp
- Halasení, Melodrama for reciter and piano ; poetry by František Halas
- Divadlo svět, Melodrama on text of William Shakespeare for reciter and harpsichord
- Lásko, Melodrama for reciter, flute and viola
- Jízda na luční kobylce, 5 Songs for baritone and piano ; words by Miroslav Florian
- Cigánské melodie for baritone and orchestra
- Elckerlijc-Mariken van Nieumeghen, Cantata-Miracle for alto, tenor, baritone, reciter, chamber ensemble and organ
- Sonety, Song Cycle for baritone and chamber orchestra ; words by William Shakespeare
- Sapientia I., Songs on Latin texts for baritone and piano
- Sapientia II., Song Cycle on Latin texts for baritone and piano
- Ave Maria for soprano, clarinet and piano, or for children's chorus and organ
- Sapientia III., Song Cycle on Latin texts for mezzo-soprano and harp
- Moudrého Katona mravní poučování for mezzo-soprano and harpsichord
- Tři žertovné madrigaly for soprano, alto and female chorus
- Ach ta vojna, vojna, Cycle on folk texts for mixed chorus and piano
- Tři písničky pod pantoflem on words from Moravian folk poetry for mixed chorus a cappella
- Opavské písničky for girl's chorus and piano
- Šest písniček ze studánky on Czech folk poetry for girl's chorus, violin and percussion
- Čtyři moravské písničky on Moravian folk poetry for girl's chorus and flute
- Vodní muzika, Cantata for baritone, children's chorus, flute, viola, harp and percussion ; text by Vladimír Šefl
- Tři negalantní kuplety for male chorus a cappella ; words by Jiří Žáček, Václav Hons and Jiří Chum
- Den přeslavný jestr k nám přišel for soloists, mixed chorus, brass quintet, organ and percussion
- Nová píseň o velké povodni v Sušici, Cantata for baritone, mixed chorus, viola, clarinet and percussion
- Ave for mixed chorus a cappella
- Credo, Cycle for baritone and mixed chorus a cappella ; words by Jan Tůma
- Laudetur Jesus Christus for mixed chorus a cappella
- Dva svatobné for male chorus a cappella to Slovak folk poetry
- Missa piccola for mixed chorus and violin
- Sapientia IV., Settings on Latin texts for mixed chorus a cappella
- Hohes Lied for mixed chorus a cappella
- Vonička, Cycle of mixed choruses to folk poetry
- Pětilístek, Children's choruses with piano accompaniment on texts by Czech authors
- Všelijaké písničky for children's chorus and piano on texts by Czech authors
- Škola, Micro-Cantata for soloists, children's chorus and piano ; text by Jaroslav Cyrus
- Sluníčko, Song Collection for pre-school children
- Písničky z trávy for children's chorus and violin solo
- Ptačí rozhlásek, Cantata for child soloist, children's chorus and small instrumental ensemble ; words by Václav Fischer
- Cirkus Rámus, 3 Songs for children's chorus and piano
- Kolotoč, 4 Songs for children's chorus and piano ; words by Václav Fischer
- Splnilo se Písmo svaté, Christmas Songs and Carols for children's chorus, chamber orchestra and organ
- Žalm 136 for children's chorus and string orchestra
- Svatá noc, Christmas Songs and Carols for children's chous, orchestra and organ
- Císařovy nové šaty ; libretto by Jan Tůma after the story by Hans Christian Andersen
- Kocour v botách for soloists, chorus and chamber orchestra ; libretto by Jan Tůma and Eliška Hrubá