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Erhebt die Stimme, for mixed choir a cappella, M. 596
(1998)
Divertimento
Vocale, conducted by Caroline
Charrière
with works by Swiss composers
Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Soyons (Ardèche, France), Church – Sunday, March 18th,
2007, 6 pm
Saint-Raphaël (Var, France), Auditorium of the Congresses Palace – Tuesday, March
20th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Vaudricourt (near Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France), Espace Agrestis – Thursday, April
5th, 2007
Les Espaces Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653
(2006)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
On the occasion of
the concert tour of the Cello-Wasser-Klang-Bilder project
with works by Bach and Ibert, as well as improvisations by A. Roman
Basel, Open Church St. Elisabethen – Thursday, March 22nd, 2007, 7.30 pm
Zurich, Church St. Jakob am Stauffacher – Friday, March 23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Lausanne, Beaulieu Theater – Saturday, March 31st, 2007, 9 pm
Les Espaces
Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
With works by Bach, Berio, Henze, Ibert and Wildberger, as well as
improvisations by A. Roman
Assisi (Italy), Saint Francis Basilica and other churches – From Thursday, April 5th to Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Le Tombeau de Ravel, for ensemble, M. 654 (2006)
« Danses
Suisses » (Swiss Dances) for four-handed piano, M. 635 (2003-4)
Complainte for solo violin, M. 633
(2003)
Duo for violin and alto saxophone, M. 540
(1996)
Al cor di zolfo…, for
low voice, M. 559 (1997)
Lied for soprano
saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
During the
workshops of contemporary music of the High School of Music of Fribourg
Professional students of the High School
of Music of Fribourg (for the Tombeau de Ravel : Marie-Odile Hormière,
basset horn, Lise Kolly, bassoon, Damaris Genin, violin, Pierre-Bernard Sudan,
cello, Hervé Dubois, guitar, Céline Bouzenada, piano, Cédric Jeanneret,
percussion ; for the Danses Suisses : Alexandre Rion and Raphaël
Sudan, piano ; for the Complainte : György Zerkula, violin ; for
the Duo for violin and saxophone : Ronny Spiegel, violin and Sylvain
Coquoz, saxophone ; for Al cor di zolfo… : Jean-Louis Raemy,
baritone, Jean-Claude Charrez, piano ; for the Lied : Roland
Bärtschi, clarinet, Etienne Murith, piano)
With works by Caroline Charrière and Benedikt Hayoz
Fribourg, Great Hall of the High School of Music – Monday, April
23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
Ordered by the
ensemble Les Chemins de Traverse
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder,
Isaline Dupraz and Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Chapman,
Devienne, Jacob, Rossignol and Tcherepnin
More details on the website of the Chemins de Traverse
Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Salle des Pasteurs (rue de la Collégiale 3) – Monday, April
23rd, 2007, 8 pm
Schliern bei Köniz (Switzerland), Kirchliches Zentrum Murrihuus
(Muhlernstrasse 230) – Saturday, April 28th, 2007, 8 pm
La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Saint-Pierre Church (rue de la Chapelle
7), during the Chapel Concerts – Sunday, April 29th 2007, 5 pm
Déploration for piano, M. 621 (2001)
With works by Holliger, Kelterborn, Moser and Piller
Le Tombeau de Ravel, for ensemble, M. 654 (2006)
Compagnie CH.AU (Virginie Falquet, piano,
Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, Ludovic Thirvaudey, bassoon, Valérie Bernard,
violin, Aurélien Ferrette, cello, Antonio Albanese, guitar, Peter Baumann,
percussion)
Together with the other works
first performed during the project inspired by the Tombeau de Couperin by
Ravel, by Caroline
Charrière, Rico Gubler, Francisco Huguet,
Rodolphe
Schacher and Dragos Tara, as well as the work by Ravel
Vevey, Théâtre de l’Oriental – Monday, May 28th, 2007,
1 pm
Les Espaces
Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
On the occasion of
the concert tour of the Cello-Wasser-Klang-Bilder project
with works by Bach and Ibert, as well as improvisations by A. Roman
Chur, Studio 10 (Rabengasse 10) – Friday, June 8th, 2007, 8 pm
St. Moritz, Concert Hall of the Chesa da Cultura (Via Dimlej 44) – Saturday, June 9th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Trio for flute, viola and harp, M. 569 (1997/9)
with works by Debussy, Jolivet and Zbinden
Adagio for
violin and organ, M. 473 (1993)
Les Diablerets, Protestant Church of Vers-l’Église – Saturday, July 14th, 2007, 6 pm
Montana, Protestant Church – Sunday, July 15th, 2007, 6 pm
Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)
During the Festival
Musicalta
with works by Bach, Bartok, Bloch, Contet, Finzi, Léandre, Piazzolla,
Vivaldi and Ysaÿe
Hattstatt (Haut-Rhin, France), Sainte Colombe Church – Friday, August
3rd, 2007, 8.30 pm
Les Espaces
Insoupçonnés, for solo cello, M. 653 (2006)
with works by Bach, Camidge and Wesley (with Jörg Perron, organ)
Ramosch (Engadin, Switzerland), Church – Friday, August 10th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Cyprès (Cypress), for string quartet, M. 660 (2007)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
During the
Ljubljana Festival
With the first complete first performance of the 18 songs of the song
cycle « Cypresses » by Dvorak (with Johannes Kalpers, tenor, Martin Bruns, baritone and
Andreas Frese, piano), and the adaptations for
string quartet of 12 of these songs by Dvorak himself
Ljubljana (Slovenia), Stanovska dvorana Hall of the Ljubljana Castle – Tuesday, August 14th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Lacrimosa, for orchestra, M. 458 (1990, rev. 2006)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE OF THE REVISED VERSION
CONCERTS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 2007 !
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
During the 15th Schubertiade organised by the
French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Fribourg, Gutenberg Museum – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 10.30 am
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 5 pm
Elogio della Notte, on texts by Michelangelo, M. 549
(1997)
During the 15th Schubertiade organised by the French-speaking
Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2
With works by Reutter and Wolf, on texts by Michelangelo, as well as
Lieder by Schumann
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 3.30 pm
Fribourg, Providence Chapel – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 6 pm
« Danses Suisses » (Swiss Dances) for four-handed
piano, M. 635 (2003-4)
During the 15th Schubertiade organised by the
French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2
Jérôme Kuhn and Pierre-Fabien Roubaty
With works by Caroline Charrière, Dmitri Shostakovich
and Alicia Terzian
Fribourg, Salle de la Lenda – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 0.30 pm
Fribourg, General Council Hall – Saturday, September 1st,
2007, 6 pm
Erhebt die Stimme, for mixed choir a cappella, M. 596
(1998)
During the 15th Schubertiade organised by the French-speaking
Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2
Divertimento
Vocale, conducted by Caroline
Charrière
with works by Swiss composers
Fribourg, Cordeliers Church – Sunday, September 2nd,
2007, 5.30 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Vevey, Foyer de l’ASLN (rue de l’Hôtel de Ville 1) – Wednesday,
September 5th, 2007, 8.15 pm
Lacrimosa, for orchestra, M. 458 (1990, rev. 2006)
With works by Chapuis, Denéréaz and Rachmaninoff
A recording on CD shall be made for Gallo
Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Brive la Gaillarde (France), Municipal Theatre – Friday, October
5th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Soliloque for solo violin, M. 585 (1998)
On the occasion of a concert tour in San Francisco
Pittsburg, San Francisco (California), Los Medanos College – Tuesday, October 16th, 2007, 0.45 pm
Moraga, San Francisco (California), Saint Mary’s College – Wednesday, October
17th, 2007, 8 pm
Stockton (California), University of the Pacific – Friday, October 19th, 2007, 2 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Philippe
Savoy, saxophone, and Juan David Molano, piano
Carouge (Geneva, Switzerland), Robert Dunand Hall – Wednesday,
October 17th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Manizales (Colombia), Auditorium of the National University of Colombia,
Campus of Palogrande – Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, 7 pm
Bogotá (Colombia), Centro Cultural Gabriel de Betancourt – Thursday,
October 25th, 2007, 5.30 pm
Corpataux (Fribourg, Switzerland), Church – Thursday, November 1st,
2007, 8 pm
Cloches du
Crépuscule et de l’Aube, for carillon, M. 657 (2007)
FIRST PERFORMANCE
With works from different centuries and the first performance of a work
by Lionel Chapuis
Gruyères, Switzerland, Church – Saturday, October 27th, 2007, around 5 pm
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder,
Isaline Dupraz and Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Chapman,
Devienne, Jacob, Rossignol and Tcherepnin
More details on the website of the Chemins de Traverse
Geneva, Lutheran Church (Rue Verdaine 20 / Bourg-de-Four) – Friday,
November 9th, 2007, 6.30 pm – During the « Concerts for peace » organized by « Musique
et Vie » on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the
Lutheran Church of Geneva
Fribourg, Centre le Phénix (Rue des Alpes 7) – Saturday,
November 10th, 2007, 8 pm
Lausanne, English Church (Christ Church, Av. de l’Église-Anglaise 1) – Sunday,
November 11th, 2007, 5 pm
Le Cocyte, for full orchestra, M. 603 (1999)
Georgian
National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Rauss
With works by Martin, Mozart and Debussy
Lacrimosa, for orchestra, M. 458 (1990, rev. 2006)
Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Saint Lo (France), Roger Ferdinand Theatre – Tuesday,
December 11th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Bourg sur Gironde (France), Castle of the Citadel – Friday,
December 14th, 2007, 8.30 pm
Chatellerault (France), New Theatre – Thursday, December 20th,
2007, 8.30 pm