LAURENT METTRAUX

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ARCHIVES : CONCERTS 2014-2015

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Chamber symphony for 13 musicians, M.679 (2012-3)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Concerto for improvising trombonist and ensemble, M.680 (2013)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Denis Beuret, trombone

Contemporary Ensemble of the HEMU of Lausanne, conducted by William Blank

Lausanne, Salle Utopia 1, rue de la Grotte 2 – Monday, January 20^th, 2014, 7 pm

Fribourg, Nouveau Monde – Tuesday, January 21^st, 2014, 8 pm

Delémont, Forum St-Georges, during the Patchwork Festival – Thursday, January 23^rd, 2014, 7.30 pm

– programme

Recitatives on the gospel texts to complete the St Mark Passion, BWV 247, by Bach

for soloists, choir and baroque instrumental ensemble, M.681 (2013-4)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

during the passion concerts at the Payerne Abbey (« Bach, 4 Passions, 4 Evangelists »)

Gabriela Bürgler, soprano, Annina Haug, alto,

Gregory Finch, tenor, Hubert Michael Saladin, bass
Corund Vocal Ensemble

(Caroline Reitzel, soprano, Carmen Würsch, alto,

Matthias Müller, tenor, Auke Kempkes, bass)

Benoît Zimmermann, organ

Capella Paterniacensis,

conducted by Stephen Smith

With the reconstruction by Hellmann and Glöckner of the St Mark Passion BWV 247 by Bach

Payerne (Switzerland), Abbey – Sunday, April 6^th, 2014, 5 pm

Thrène for alto saxophone, M.513 (1995)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Laurent Estoppey, saxophone

Wilmington (North Carolina, USA), University, Beckwith Recital Hall – Friday, April 11^th, 2014, 7.30 pm

Entre Rêves et Cauchemars (Between Dreams and Nightmares), for cello and double bass, M.678 (2012-3)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Pascal Desarzens, cello ; Noëlle Reymond, double bass

With works by Victor Cordero, Pascal Desarzens, Antoine Françoise and Rudolf Kelterborn

Lutry (Switzerland), Caveau du Singe Vert – Thursday, May1^st, 2014, 8 pm – poster

String trio, M. 552 (1997-8)

Boris Livschitz, violin ; Yana Daryan, viola ; Aram Talalyan, violoncello

With works by Mikhail Kokzhayev and Fabian Müller

Yerevan (Armenia), Cafesjian Center for the Arts – Wednesday, June 4^th, 2014

Serenata in Chiaroscuro, for organ, M. 650 (2005-6)

Olivier Eisenmann, organ

Samara (Russia), Philharmonic Hall – Monday, June 16^th, 2014, 7 pm

Rhapsodic Variations on themes by Rameau, for accordion, M.682 (2014)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sylvain Tissot, accordion

Fribourg, St-Justin Chapel (rue de Rome 3) – Saturday, August 2^nd, 2014, 5 pm – programme

Leysin, Protestant Church – Sunday, August 3^rd, 2014, 5 pm – programme

Serenata in Chiaroscuro, for organ, M.650 (2005-6)

Erwin Messmer, organ

With works by Bach, Franck, Gaathaug, Liszt and Schumann

Schwyz (Switzerland), church college – Sunday, September 21^st, 2014, 5 pm – programme

Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)

Marianne Piketty, violin ; Pascal Contet, accordion

Trappes (Yvelines, France), Music school of Trappes, auditorium – Saturday, November 22^nd, 2014, 6 pm

Microludes for saxophone

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Simon Engel, saxophone

With works by Debussy, Fauré, Granados, Kai Stensgaard and Akira Yuyama (with Luca Musy, marimba and Adèle Savoy, harp)

Fribourg, Centre le Phénix (Rue des Alpes 7) – Sunday, November 23^rd, 2014, 5 pm

Elogio della Notte, M.549 (1997)

Myriam Bouhzada, mezzo-soprano

Laurie-Agnès Pécoud-Mihaylov, piano

Neuchâtel, Campus Arc 1, Auditorium 1 of the music school – Friday, May 29^th, 2015, 10.30 am

Quartet for flute and strings, M.683 (2014-5)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Camerata variabile (Isabelle Schnöller, flute ; Helena Winkelman, violin ; Lea Boesch, viola ; Christoph Dangel, cello)

With works by Juon, Kraus, Schubert and Strauss/Schönberg

Fribourg, Centre Le Phénix – Tuesday, June 2^nd, 2015, 8 pm

Zurich, Wasserkirche – Wednesday, June 3^rd, 2015, 7.30 pm

Basel, Gare du Nord – Thursday, June 4^th, 2015, 8 pm

Schaffhausen, Rathauslaube – Sunday, June 7^th, 2015, 5 pm

programme

Complainte for solo violin, M. 633 (2003)

During the 19^th Schubertiade organised by the French-speaking Swiss Broadcasting Espace 2

Malwina Sosnowski, violin

With works by Biber, Holliger, Milstein and Schnittke

Biel, City Church – Saturday, September 5^th, 2015, 12.30 am

Biel, New Museum – Saturday, September 5^th, 2015, 3.30 pm

Vision Immanente for orchestra, M.464 (1992, revised 2006)

Ombre (Shadow), for orchestra, M.515 (1995-8)

PRESENTATION OF A NEW CD

Vevey (Switzerland), Auditorium AlphAnimA – Thursday, September 17^th, 2015, 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm

Other various concerts are to be planned, but I am awaiting the dates, the locations...

!!!!! Changes of dates and locations may be possible !!!!!