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WORKS FOR /
WITH PIANO(S)
(catalogue from June 1st, 2007)
FOR ORDERING A SCORE - PRICE LIST
M.505 : Concerto (1994) [17']
for piano and orchestra (3*-3*-3*-3* 4-2-3-1
3Perc. Strings)
Full score: 51(+2) pages
Reduction for 2 pianos: 57(+1) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please contact the
composer for first performance)
Impressive work, with a great variety of colours. Slow
introduction, virtuose part followed by a slow movement altogether of great tenderness
and great sadness. The end is a slow rise towards the light, going through
various stages.
In
project :
Concerto
for four-handed piano (for the Silver-Garburg Duo)
M.463 : Sonata in 1 movement (1991) [8']
for piano
12(+1) pages
score excerpt (pdf)
Tragic and pathetic work, of a great variety of
shades. Very passionate.
M.566 : Sonata (1997) [8']
for pianoforte (Fortepiano), also to be played on a
modern piano
10(+2) pages
Brings the clearness of the low sounds of ancient
pianos to the fore. Nevertheless, also to be played on a modern piano.
M.621 :
Déploration (2001) [1'30]
for piano
2 (+1)p.
This short and grave
piece shows in particular fragments of desolated melodies, also in dialogue or
in canon, and the muffled hammering of a very low chord. Commission of the
Association Jeune Musique, for the 1st International Piano
Competition of Fribourg.
In
project :
Collections of
pieces for solo piano (among which Rhythmical Studies)
M.635 :
Swiss Dances (2003-4) [15']
for piano four hands
40(+3) pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio excerpts
This series of 6 Swiss Dances is made of the following
pieces : Ländler, Coraules, Polka, Dwarves Gallop, Totentanz (Dance of Death)
and Dance of the wild man. The first three are written on themes inspired by
the Swiss Folklore, whereas the last three are more freely inspired, though
referring to traditional elements of Switzerland.
M.473 : Adagio (1993) [5']
for violin and piano
8(+1) pages with violin part : 3 pages
Work of classical aspect, of bright simplicity. Very
melodious violin part.
M.520 : Trio (1995-6) [17']
for violin, cello and piano
35(+1) pages ;
violin and cello parts : 20(+1) pages - 20(+1) pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio
excerpts
Tragic work, with tensed climates, sometimes
mysterious, even terrifying, a scherzo furioso and a more calm ending.
Commission of the Animae Trio, which first performed it in Fribourg and at the
Melos-Ethos Festival of Bratislava.
M.533 : Sonata (1996) [14']
for flute and piano
18(+1) pages with flute part: 7(+1) pages
score excerpt (pdf)
3 parts linked together, with a scherzo inspired by
andine music and a meditative finale, more and more inner. Order of the
Jeunesses Musicales of Gruyères, destined to celebrate their 25th anniversary.
M.551 :
Lied (1997) [6']
for soprano saxophone and piano
9(+1) pages with
saxophone part : 3 pages
Presentation
and audio excerpt
Very singing work, showing up the expressive
properties of the saxophone.
M.553 : Sonata (1997) [16']
for cello and piano
22(+1) pages with cello part : 6(+1) pages
Epic and dark work, with a slow and elegiac movement
in the middle.
M.573 : Trio for alto saxophone, violoncello and piano (1998-9) [17’]
17(+2) pages
M.573a: saxophone
and cello parts: 2x12(+2) pages
CD recording
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
excerpts
2 contrasted movements: the first passionate, ending
in distress, and the second meditating, ending in serenity. Simultaneous performance,
on February 11th, 2000, during concerts organized by the
“Association for the Development of the Classical Saxophone”, which
commissioned the work, in more than ten cities in Switzerland and abroad.
M.580 : Paremboles
(1998) [11']
for flute, clarinet (B flat), saxophone (soprano in B
flat and alto in E flat), viola ad libitum and piano (2 or 4 hands) ad libitum
30(+2) pages ;
performing material : 7(+2) pages - 9(+2) pages - 6(+2) pages - 4(+2) pages
Work which might be performed in 6 different versions,
according to the principle of the adding or the retrenchment of one or more
voices. From granitic to deep emotion, following compositional forms of the Ars
antiqua, but with contemporary harmonies.
M.620 :
Septet (2001) [18']
for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin,
violoncello and piano
41(+3) pages
M.620a :
performing material : 25(+2) pages - 25(+2) pages - 25(+2) pages - 27(+2) pages
- 26(+2) pages - 27(+2) pages
Presentation,
score excerpts and audio excerpts
This
septet has been especially written for the formation of the Mittelland
Ensemble. Five movements linked together, mixing disquieting, tragic,
mysterious or melancholic aspects.
M.632 :
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (2003)
[14’]
24 (+3) pages
M.632a :
separate parts : 16(+3) pages - 15(+2) pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio
excerpts
Ordered by the
Avalon Trio, first performed in April 2004 during the « 2 days & 2 nights
of modern music » Festival of Odessa and during a concert tour in Ukraine. In three
movements : angoscioso, where the lyricism of the clarinet and of the
cello contrasts with the implacable rhythms of the piano ; scherzo
furioso, followed by a more calm ending. This work is inspired, among others,
by elements of the Klezmer music.
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.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.655 : Petite Suite de Danses
(2006-7) [8’]
for violin and piano
22 (+ 3) pages with violin part : 10
pages
This little dance suite consists of four movements (Polka,
Dwarves Gallop, Totentanz - Dance of Death - and Dance of the wild man). It is
a transcription of four of the Swiss Dances,
originally written for four handed piano.
In
project :
Sonata for trumpet and
piano
Sonata for violin
and piano
M.462 : Racines avides (1991-2) [17']
for middle voice and piano
23(+5) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please contact the
composer for first performance)
7 poems in French language by Luce Péclard relating
the human search for the inside of his being. Polyphonic, subtle accompaniment
by the piano; more mystical and bare parts.
M.548 :
Auf die erniedrigende Erhebung und erhebte Niedrigkeit (1997) [5']
for high voice and piano
6(+1) pages
Text in German language by Catharina Regina von
Greiffenberg. Conflict between mysticism and human torment. Appeasement during
the coda, played only by the piano.
M.549 : Elògio
della Nòtte (1997) [10']
for voice and piano
12(+3) pages
CD recording
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
excerpt
Three versions : original version for bass voice,
version for alto voice, version for medium voice. On texts by Michelangelo, in
Italian language. Dark and tormented, then meditative and appeased.
particularly well-written for the bass-voice. The accompaniment is sober, which
is even more impressive.
M.559 : Al cor di
zolfo... (1997) [5']
for bass-voice and piano
5(+2) pages
Between passion and thought. On a sonnet by
Michelangelo (in Italian language).
M.659 : Quelle terre est vide de toi ? (2007) [3’]
7 (+ 3) pages
Text and audio excerpt
from the oratorio out of which this song is taken
This
song is a transcription of a passage of the oratorio « Le Nom Caché »
(The Hidden Name). The text, by the composer, is inspired by mystic poems of
the sufi sage Hallaj ; it is a meditation on the unknowable nature of the
Divinity.
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.
In
project :
Collections of works
for voice and piano: cycles on words by V. Hugo, Shakespeare, etc...
All commissions welcome!