LAURENT METTRAUX

 

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ARCHIVES: CONCERTS 2014

 

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Chamber Symphony for 13 Musicians, M.679 (2012-3)

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Presentation, score excerpt and audio recording

 

as well as

 

Concerto for Improvising Trombonist and Ensemble, M.680 (2013)

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Presentation, score excerpt and audio recording

 

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 20th, 2014, 7 pm

 

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

 

Delémont, Forum St-Georges, during the Patchwork Festival Thursday, January 23rd, 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 »)

 

Presentation, score excerpt and audio recording

 

Gabriela Bürgler, soprano – Annina Haug, alto –

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

(Caroline Reitzel, soprano – Carmen Würsch, alto –

Matthias Müller, tenorAuke 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 6th, 2014, 5 pm – poster

 

 

 

 

Thrène, for alto saxophone, M.513 (1995)

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Laurent Estoppey, saxophone

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Presentation, score excerpts and audio excerpts

 

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, May1st, 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 4th, 2014

 

 

 

 

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

 

Olivier Eisenmann, organ

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Presentation, score excerpt and audio recording

 

Sylvain Tissot, accordion

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

 

Leysin, Protestant Church Sunday, August 3rd, 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 21st, 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 22nd, 2014, 6 pm – programme

 

 

 

 

Microludes for Saxophone

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

 

Simon Engel, saxophone

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

 

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