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WORKS FOR /
WITH VIOLA(S)
(catalogue from June 1st, 2007)
FOR ORDERING A SCORE - PRICE LIST
M.481 : Concerto for 15 soloist strings (1994) [20']
for 8 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos and double bass
103(+1) pages
Performing material to be asked from the composer.
Presentation, score
excerpt and audio recording
Each instrumentalist is at the same time soloist,
chamber musician and member of the orchestra. 3 movements: passionate, elegiac,
and the third more rhythmical, with successive cadenzas for each of the 15
soloists. First performed during the opening concert of the Tibor Varga
Festival 1994, by the members of the Festival Orchestra, conducted by Tibor
Varga.
5 Microludes
M.525, 479,550,558 et 570 (1993-7)
[10']
for solo viola
7(+1) pages
5 works which might be performed separately or
together, as one likes. Sets off the distinctive qualities of the viola.
M.560 : Sonata (1997-8) [12']
for solo viola
6(+1) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please contact the
composer for first performance)
3 movements: elegiaco, con passione and meditativo.
M.552 : String trio (1997-8) [18’]
for violin, viola and violoncello
26(+2) pages
M.552a: performing material : 9(+2), 10(+1), 11(+1)
pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio excerpts
Meditating work. The central part alternates growls of
revolt and of resignation, even grief. The appeased end moves off to inner
silence. Commission of Pro Helvetia for the Zurich String Trio, which first
performed it during August 2000 on the occasion of a tour in India and Sri
Lanka.
M.554 : Duo
(1997) [12']
for 2 violas
9(+1) pages
Work yet to be first-performed
(!! please contact the composer for first performance)
Brings into light the colour of the viola. Alternates
passionate, meditative and energetic parts.
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.
M.618 : String quintet (2001-2) [17']
for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
28(+1)
pages
M.618a :
performing material : 3x13, 12, 14 pages
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
excerpts
Commissioned by the Zurich String Quintet, this work
has been first performed during a tour in Finland and Lithuania, in July 2003.
A great movement, slow and oppressive, out of which emerges a kind of running
to the abyss based on an implacable ostinato.
M.627 : Quintet for flute and strings (2002-3) [14']
for flute, violin, 2 violas and cello
33(+2)
pages
M.627a : performing material : 16p. + 4x12 pages
score excerpt (pdf)
Written for
Alexandre Magnin and the Janacek Quartet, full of dreamy nostalgia. The
sonority of the Quintet is more well-balanced, thanks to the use of a second
viola instead of a second violin. “There are to be found all human feelings in
this Quintet” (A. Magnin).
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.587 : String quartet n.1 (1998-9) [17’]
for 2 violins, viola and violoncello
12(+1) pages
M.587a: performing material : 10(+1), 3x8(+1) pages
Presentation, score excerpt and audio
excerpts
Ordered for the Talich Quartet, which has declared to
have “enjoyed playing this lovely, thoughtful piece”. Single slow movement of a
distress as extreme as its expressive density. Feeling of resignation.
M.660 : Cyprès (2007) [3’20]
for string quartet (2 violins, viola and violoncello)
5 (+ 2) pages
M.660a : performing material : 4x2 (+1) pages
This short work has
been written on the occasion of the first performance of the complete song
cycle « Cypresses » by Dvorak, out of which Dvorak himself had transcribed
for string quartet 12 of the songs. The work has a nostalgic character, and
uses the melodic cells taken from the 15th song of the cycle, which
Dvorak hasn’t transcribed for quartet. The interpreters of the first
performance shall be the members of the Leipziger String Quartet during the
Ljubljana 2007 Festival.
In preparation :
Quartet for flute,
violin, viola and cello
In project :
Work for
voice, flute, viola and harp after haiku texts
Duo for
violin and viola
All commissions welcome!