Sonatina in One Movement Op. 8

The work belongs to a group of Górecki's first compositions with opus numbers, written in the initial years of his studies. Its construction, based on traditional main formal foundations, is compact and transparent. The expression and the lively musical action of the work are determined by characteristic features, typical of the early phase of the composer's output, such as metric and rhythmic schemes with accentual irregularities, dynamic contrasts, culminating in short sections within the framework of big volume as well as atonal harmonies. The Sonatina is a successful work of contemporary music enriching the didactic repertory.