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WORKS FOR /
WITH PLUCKED INSTRUMENT(S)
(catalogue from June 1st, 2007)
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M.576 : Duo
(1998) [13']
for alto flute and guitar
11(+1) pages
In 3 movements. Elegiaco with subtle sonority, presto
malinconico, mirror-like scherzo, and estaticamente lento, of great
expressive purity.
M.487 :
Sonata (1994-5) [9']
for guitar
score in preparation
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please contact the
composer for first performance)
2 versions on the same score for guitar with 6 or 10
strings. Several episodes linked together : misterioso, presto
(virtuoso), serioso (fugue with polyrhythmic) and meditativo.
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.
In project :
Work for Solo-voice
and guitar
Work for violin and
guitar
Short pieces for
Children’s
All commissions welcome!
M.514 :
Miroir du silence (Mirror of silence) (1995)
[10']
for harp
5(+2) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please contact the
composer for first performance)
Mysterious and meditating work, almost oriental. At
the middle of the score, return to the starting-point by retrogradation.
M.569 :
Trio for flute, viola and harp (1997-9)
[11’]
10(+1) pages
M.569a: flute and
viola parts: 2x2(+1) pages
score excerpt (pdf)
In a single movement, slow and melancholic, written in
a funeral way.
In preparation :
Concerto for Harp
(for Chantal Mathieu)
Work for voice,
flute, viola and harp after haiku texts
Duo for two harps
M.629 : Double Concerto for pipa, violin and orchestra (2002-5) [21']
(2*-2*-2*-2*
2-0-0-0 2Perc. Strings)
64(+6)
pages
Pipa and
violin part : 40 (+4) pages
Performing material to be asked from the composer.
To be first performed soon !
Work written for the famous pipa (chinese lute) player
Yang Jing, and the violinist Boris Livschitz. In three movements : the
first one alternates mysterious and energetic passages, the second one is
meditative. The third, Eruptivo, contains an important cadenza for the soloists.
All commissions welcome!