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WORKS FOR /
WITH CLARINET(S)
(catalogue from June 1st, 2007)
FOR ORDERING A SCORE - PRICE LIST
M.580 : Paremboles (1998) [11']
for flute, clarinet (B flat), saxophone (soprano in B flat
and alto in E flat), viola ad libitum and piano (2 or 4 hands) ad libitum
30 (+2) pages;
performing material : 7 (+2) pages – 9 (+2) pages – 6 (+2) pages – 4 (+2) pages
Work which might be performed in 6 different versions,
according to the principle of the adding or the retrenchment of one or more
voices. From granitic to deep emotion, following compositional forms of the Ars
antiqua, but with contemporary harmonies.
M.598 :
Duo for flute and clarinet (1999) [9’]
9 (+1) pages
CD recording
Work written for the Wiener Klangforum (first
performed 1999 in Boswil). Rather virtuoso and complex, including among others
quarter tones. Very contrasted, from the serene calm to the pathetic dramatism.
M.612 :
Wind Quintet (2000) [16’]
For flute (also piccolo and alto flute), oboe,
clarinet (b), horn and bassoon.
31 (+2) pages
M.612a :
performing material : 31 (+2) pages – 31 (+2) pages – 30 (+2) pages – 29 (+2)
pages – 26 (+2) pages
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
recording
Every instrument is valued, in a great variety of
colours, work successively energetic, melancholic, mysterious, desolated or
contemplative. Order of the Eole Quintet, which first performed it September 2001,
in the “Espace Jean-Tinguely-Niki de Saint-Phalle” of Fribourg.
M.620 :
Septet (2001) [18']
for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, cello and
piano
41 (+3) pages
M.620a
: performing material : 25 (+2) pages – 25 (+2) pages – 25 (+2) pages – 27
(+2) pages – 26 (+2) pages – 27 (+2) pages
Presentation,
score excerpt and audio excerpts
This septet has been especially written for the formation of the Mittelland Ensemble. Five movements linked together, mixing disquieting, tragic, mysterious or melancholic aspects.
M.632 :
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (2003)
[14’]
24 (+3) pages
M.632a :
separate parts : 16 (+3) pages – 15 (+2) pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio
excerpts
Ordered by the Avalon Trio, first performed in April
2004 during the « 2 days & 2 nights of modern music » Festival of
Odessa and during a concert tour in Ukraine. In three movements : angoscioso, where
the lyricism of the clarinet and of the cello contrasts with the implacable
rhythms of the piano ; scherzo furioso, followed by a more calm ending.
This work is inspired, among others, by elements of the Klezmer music.
M.637
and 638 : Appel I and Appel II (2004)
[1']
for
clarinet or any other wind instrument
4 (+2)
pages
Appel means Call. Both Appels have been composed
within the context of the ORB_IT project of the World New Music Days 2004.
These two short pieces, like miniature fanfares, are written in order to be
playable by any wind instruments (wood or brass).
M.642 : Suite for wind quintet
(2005-6) [18']
for flute (also piccolo and alto
flute in g), oboe (also english horn), clarinet in b flat (also little clarinet
in e flat, bass clarinet in b flat and ad libitum clarinet in a), bassoon (also
contrabassoon) and horn
36 (+5) pages
This suite, taken from the scenic
work « Les Serrures à Secret », is made of four movements and two
short interludes. The first movement is mysterious and almost hypnotic, the
second ironical, grotesque and mocking, the third first grave and solemn, then
progressively more appeased, and the fourth, first like a dance on obsessive
rhythms, ends on a touch of nostalgia. As for the two interludes surrounding the
second movement, they are quite in the spirit of the Musiques d’ameublement by
Satie. The full score serves also as separate part for each instrumentalist.
In preparation :
Trio for three
basset horns
All commissions welcome!