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Soliloque for solo violin, M.
585 (1998)
During the Samuel
Barber International Festival
West Chester (Pennsylvanie), West Chester
University in Pennsylvania, Performing Arts Center – Sunday, January 27th, 2008, 3 pm
Le Sommeil de la Raison produit des monstres,
(The Sleep of Reason produces monsters),
after Goya, for solo arpeggione, M. 647 (2005)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
With works by Henri Pousseur
(Dépli et Configuration de l’Ombre, first performance), Schubert and Vodenitcharov (with Boyan Vodenitcharov, pianoforte)
Bruxelles, Great Hall of the Royal High School of Music – Friday,
February 15th, 2008, 8 pm
Émergences for violin and
accordion, M. 652 (2006)
Saint Léonard, near Fraize
(Vosges, France), Church – Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 5 pm
Gethsemané for organ, M. 456
(1990)
Berne-Bümpliz, protestant church – During the service of Maundy Thursday, March 20th,
2008, 8 pm
Offrande, for orchestra, M.
610 (1999, rev. 2008)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
Quito (Ecuador), Teatro Bolívar – Friday, April 4th, 2008, 8 pm
(Celebration concert for the 75th anniversary of the Teatro Bolívar of Quito)
Émergences for violin and accordion,
M. 652 (2006)
During the Festival Les Violons de la Paix of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Saint-Etienne-au-Mont (Pas-de-Calais, France), Media Library – Friday, April
18th, 2008, 3 pm
Saint-Martin-Boulogne (Pas-de-Calais, France), Place Jean Moulin – Saturday, April
19th, 2008, 11 am
La Capelle (Pas-de-Calais, France), Saint Jean
Baptiste Church – Saturday, April 19th,
2008, 2 pm
Boulogne-sur-Mer
(Pas-de-Calais, France), Museum La Casa San Martin – Saturday, April
19th, 2008, 4 pm
Nesles (Pas-de-Calais, France), Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Church – Saturday, April 19th, 2008, 6 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
London, Swiss Embassy – Monday, May 12th, 2008
London, St-James Piccadilly – Thursday, May 15th,
2008, 7.30 pm
Martigny, Louis Moret Foundation (during the concert season of the Jeunesses
Musicales of Martigny) – Friday, May 23rd, 2008,
8.30 pm
Microlude for solo cello, M.
639 (2004)
During the Swiss
Musicians Festival 2008
With works by Darbellay, Gaudibert, Gubaidulina, Johnson, Kelterborn,
Manca, Marti, Mejer, Thirvaudey
and Vassena, with the Compagnie CH.AU
Savognin (Grisons, Switzerland), St Martin Church – Saturday, May
24th, 2008, 7.30 pm
Death on a Pale Horse, for full orchestra, M. 662
(2007)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
Commissioned
by Pro Helvetia for the Basel Sinfonietta
Basel
Sinfonietta, conducted by Winfried Toll
With the Requiem by Verdi (soloists :
Francesca Scaini, soprano, Renée Morloc,
mezzo, Yosep Kang, tenor, Christof
Fischesser, bass ; choirs : Camerata Vocale Freiburg,
Frankfurter Kantorei)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Konzerthaus – Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 8 pm
Frankfurt am Main, Sendesaal Hessischer Rundfunk – Sunday, June 8th, 2008, 6 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Laurent
Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Lausanne, Olympic Museum, Auditorium – Sunday, June 8th, 2008,
11 am (during the concerts of the Olympic Museum)
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder, Isaline Dupraz and
Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Corbellari, Corson, Desarzens, Eisler, Gaudibert (first performance) and Quinche
Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Museum for Art and History – Sunday, June 15th,
2008, 11.30 am
Serenata in Chiaroscuro, for
organ, M. 650 (2005-6)
With works by Alain, Boëllmann, Franck, Gaathaug, Mendelssohn and Messiaen
Dresde, Christuskirche – Saturday, July 5th, 2008, 7.30 pm
Microlude for solo cello, M.
639 (2004)
Broadcasting on the Swiss Radio DRS2 – Thursday, July 17th,
2008, from 10.30 pm
Complainte for solo violin, M.
633 (2003)
During the Festival
de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
With the sonatas by Poulenc and Franck, with Vanya
Cohen, piano
Montpellier (France), Salle Pasteur du Corum – Thursday, July
24th, 2008, 0.30 pm
Broadcasting on France Musique, Friday, July 25th,
2008, 10 am
Invocation for solo alto flute, M. 511 (1994-6)
Boroka Pöllnitz, alto flute
With works by Eberhard Böttcher, Paul Walter Fürst, Koechlin, Saint-Saëns and Wolfram Wagner
Bistriţa (Rumania), Multicultural Center of the Synagogue – Thursday, July
24th, 2008, 7.30 pm (during the
concerts series « 100 minutes of music »)
Flute Quartet, M. 547 (1996)
Cristina Bojin,
Sebastian Fratila, Ana Ioana
Oltean and Boroka Pöllnitz, flutes
With works by Carter, Volkmar
Ellmauthaler, Villa-Lobos, Wolfram Wagner and
Ferdinand Weiss
Bistriţa (Rumania), Multicultural Center of the Synagogue – Monday, July 28th,
2008, 7.30 pm (during the concerts series
« 100 minutes of music »)
Quintet for clarinet and strings, M. 668 (2008)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE
During the Davos Festival 2008 (commissioned by the Festival)
Davos (Switzerland), Congress Centre – Wednesday, July 30th,
2008, 5 pm
This concert shall be recorded and broadcasted by the Swiss Broadcasting
Corporation
Complainte for solo violin, M.
633 (2003)
With the sonatas by Poulenc and Franck, with Vanya
Cohen, piano
Broadcasting on the television channel Mezzo (recorded in
Montpellier during the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon) – August 9th,
2008, 9.30 pm
Shall be broadcasted again on Sunday, August 31st,
2008, 6 pm and on Saturday, September 6th, 2008 6.10 pm
Le Tombeau de Ravel, chamber orchestra version,
M. 654b (2006, orch. 2007)
FIRST
PERFORMANCE OF THE VERSION FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
With works by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky
Quito (Ecuador), Teatro Nacional
Sucre – Friday, October 3rd, 2008, 8 pm
This concert shall be recorded by the national Ecuadorian television
Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)
Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder, Isaline Dupraz and
Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)
With works by Corbellari, Corson, Desarzens, Eisler, Gaudibert and Quinche
Sorens (canton de Fribourg), Espace Aurore – Friday, October 3rd, 2008, 8 pm
Symphony for chamber orchestra, M. 466 (1992)
On the occasion of the publication of
this interpretation on a VDE-Gallo CD
Coproduction of the Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 & Italian
Swiss Radio Rete Due – Broadcasting on
October 9th, 2008,
8 pm
Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)
Laurent Estoppey,
saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano
Neuchâtel, Concert Hall of the Music School, Faubourg de l’Hôpital 24, during the Récitals du Jeudi – Thursday,
November 13th, 2008, 8.15 pm
Concerto for organ
and orchestra, M. 628 (2002)
With the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552 by Bach and the
organ concertos by Jean Balissat and Francis Poulenc
Broadcasted by the Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 – Monday,
December 29th, 2008, 1.30 pm