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WORKS FOR /
WITH PERCUSSION
(catalogue from June 1st, 2007)
FOR ORDERING A SCORE - PRICE LIST
M.657 : Cloches du Crépuscule et de l’Aube (2007) [3'40]
for carillon or tubular bells
2 (+ 2) pages
This piece is
written for a 8 notes carillon (c, d, e, f, g,
a, b flat, b natural), and can be transposed according to the bells of
each carillon. It can also be played on
tubular bells. It is based on thematic cells, some of which use
semitone frictions.
M.630 :
Reflets (2003-4) [12']
for violin
and percussion (1 percussionist)
22 (+4)
pages
Presentation, score excerpt
and audio excerpt
Violin and percussion give answer to one another,
imitate, call, influence, attract or repulse each other, as reflections of one
another. The percussion part requires a lot of timbres and ways of playing.
M.636 :
Attente (2004) [11']
for
saxophone, cello, piano and percussion (1 percussionist)
22 (+4) pages
M.636a: performing material: 16(+3) pages - 16(+3)
pages - 22(+4) pages
This work is in turn passive and resigned, or active
and revolted expectation. The saxophonist plays on three instruments :
successively baritone, soprano and alto.
M.484 : Exils (1994/7) [9']
for violin, cello and 2 percussionists
17(+3) pages
Work yet to be first-performed (!! please contact the composer for first performance)
Non-traditional writing, but easy to understand.
Mystery, spelling passages, with superimposed tempi. Lyrical and nostalgic end,
during which the violinist goes away and leaves the hall while still playing.
M.654 : Le Tombeau de Ravel (2006) [6']
for tenor saxophone, bassoon, violin,
cello, piano, guitar and percussion
14
(+5) pages
M.654a :
performing material : 2 (+2) pages – 2 (+2) pages – 3 (+2) pages – 3
(+2) pages – 2 (+3) pages
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
excerpts
This
work has been written for a project of the Compagnie CH.AU, for which six
composers have written one movement each, corresponding to one of the parts of
the Tombeau de Couperin by Ravel. This piece inspires itself of the Menuet of
the Tombeau de Couperin, and has principally an elegiac, tender and nostalgic
character. It has also been instrumented for a chamber orchestra.
M.625 : Le
Nom Caché (The Hidden Name), oratorio (2001-2)
[48']
for 4 soli (SATB), mixed choir, solo cello, two pianos
and percussion (6 players)
M.625 full score 149(+ 30) pages
M.625a reduction voice/piano: 197(+26) pages
Performing material to be asked from the composer.
CD recording
Presentation, score excerpts
and audio excerpts — Text
Ordered by the National Swiss Exposition (2002). Work
based on texts stressing the anguish, and then the appeasement of the beings
facing the mystery of a hidden God, that can’t be named. The work develops
itself while following the various human feelings : questioning, rebellion,
despair, haunting doubts, acceptation of the limits of human comprehension,
contemplative silence.
M.479 : Lysistrata
(1993-4) [120']
for actors, choir and percussion ensemble
1170 pages
After Aristophanes. Uses more then a hundred of
percussion instruments. First performance in 1994 during 11 performances,
directed by the composer, in a place especially prepared for this spectacle.
M.634 : Les Serrures à Secret (2003-5) [95']
For solo bass, actors, choirs and instrumental
ensemble
242(+16) pages
On a libretto by Michel Gremaud. Explores the myth of
Hephaestus, placed in our time. The
instrumental ensemble is divided into different groups, among which a wind
quintet and a percussion ensemble.
In project :
Concerto
for percussion and orchestra (for Pedro Carneiro)
Work
for percussion and organ
All commissions welcome!