LAURENT METTRAUX

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CONCERTS 2008 AND NEXT CONCERTS

LAST CONCERTS : SEE ARCHIVS

Soliloque for solo violin, M. 585 (1998)

During the Samuel Barber International Festival

Jan Dobrzelewski, violin

With works by Griffes, Lalo, Mahler, Mozart and Offenbach (with Jacqueline Howell, flute, Megan Hokaj, soprano, Thomas Strawser, tenor, Ryan Goulden, tenor, and the West Chester University Orchestra conducted by Jan Dobrzelewski)

West Chester (Pennsylvanie), West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Performing Arts Center – Sunday, January 27^th, 2008, 3 pm

« Le Sommeil de la Raison produit des monstres »,

(The Sleep of Reason produces monsters),

after Goya, for solo arpeggione, M. 647 (2005)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione

With works by Henri Pousseur (Dépli et Configuration de l’Ombre, first performance), Schubert and Vodenitcharov (with Boyan Vodenitcharov, pianoforte)

Bruxelles, Great Hall of the Royal Music Conservatory – Friday, February 15^th, 2008, 8 pm

Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)

Marianne Piketty, violin, and Pascal Contet, accordion

with works by Bach, Bartok, Bloch, Contet, Finzi, Léandre, Piazzolla, Vivaldi and Ysaÿe

Saint Léonard, near Fraize (Vosges, France), Church – Sunday, February 24^th, 2008, 5 pm

« Gethsemané » for organ, M. 456 (1990)

Erwin Messmer, organ

Berne-Bümpliz, protestant church – During the service of Maundy Thursday, March 20^th, 2008, 8 pm

Offrande, for orchestra, M. 610 (1999, rev. 2008)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, conducted by Emmanuel Siffert

With works by Beethoven and Delibes

Quito (Ecuador), Colegio Alemán – Thursday, April 3^rd, 2008, 8 pm

Quito (Ecuador), Teatro Bolívar – Friday, April 4^th, 2008, 8 pm

(Celebration concert for the 75^th anniversary of the Teatro Bolívar of Quito)

Émergences for violin and accordion, M. 652 (2006)

During the Festival Les Violons de la Paix of Boulogne-sur-Mer

Marianne Piketty, violin, and Pascal Contet, accordion

with works by Bach, Bartok, Bloch, Contet, Finzi, Léandre, Piazzolla, Vivaldi, Ysaÿe, … (with readings from Borgès and works interpreted by Anne Constantin, soprano and narrator)

Saint-Etienne-au-Mont (Pas-de-Calais, France), Media Library – Friday, April 18^th, 2008, 3 pm

Saint-Martin-Boulogne (Pas-de-Calais, France), Place Jean Moulin – Saturday, April 19^th, 2008, 11 am

La Capelle (Pas-de-Calais, France), Saint Jean Baptiste Church – Saturday, April 19^th, 2008, 2 pm

Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais, France), Museum La Casa San Martin – Saturday, April 19^th, 2008, 4 pm

Nesles (Pas-de-Calais, France), Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Church – Saturday, April 19^th, 2008, 6 pm

Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)

Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano

With works by Carmichael, Charrière, Cordero (first performance), Grella-Mozejko, Maurice and Milhaud

London, Swiss Embassy – Monday, May 12^th, 2008

London, St-James Piccadilly – Thursday, May 15^th, 2008, 7.30 pm

Martigny, Louis Moret Foundation (during the concert season of the Jeunesses Musicales of Martigny) – Friday, May 23^rd, 2008, 8.30 pm

Microlude for solo cello, M. 639 (2004)

During the Swiss Musicians Festival 2008

Esmé de Vries, cello

With works by Darbellay, Gaudibert, Gubaidulina, Johnson, Kelterborn, Manca, Marti, Mejer, Thirvaudey and Vassena, with the Compagnie CH.AU

Savognin (Grisons, Switzerland), St Martin Church – Saturday, May 24^th, 2008, 7.30 pm

Death on a Pale Horse, for full orchestra, M. 662 (2007)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Commissioned by Pro Helvetia for the Basel Sinfonietta

work description

Basel Sinfonietta, conducted by Winfried Toll

With the Requiem by Verdi (soloists : Francesca Scaini, soprano, Renée Morloc, mezzo, Yosep Kang, tenor, Christof Fischesser, bass ; choirs : Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Frankfurter Kantorei)

Basel, Cathedral – Saturday, May 31^st, 2008, 8 pm

Freiburg im Breisgau, Konzerthaus – Sunday, June 1^st, 2008, 8 pm

Frankfurt am Main, Sendesaal Hessischer Rundfunk – Sunday, June 8^th, 2008, 6 pm

Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)

Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano

With works by Carmichael, Charrière, Cordero, Grella-Mozejko, Maurice and Milhaud

Lausanne, Olympic Museum, Auditorium – Sunday, June 8^th, 2008, 11 am (during the concerts of the Olympic Museum)

Suite for three flutes, M. 649 (2005-6)

Les Chemins de Traverse (Barbara Minder, Isaline Dupraz and Matthieu Amiguet, flutes)

With works by Corbellari, Corson, Desarzens, Eisler, Gaudibert (first performance) and Quinche

Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Museum for Art and History – Sunday, June 15^th, 2008, 11.30 am

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

Erwin Messmer, organ

With works by Alain, Boëllmann, Franck, Gaathaug, Mendelssohn and Messiaen

Dresde, Christuskirche – Saturday, July 5^th, 2008, 7.30 pm

Complainte for solo violin, M. 633 (2003)

During the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon

Fanny Clamagirand, violin

With the sonatas by Poulenc and Franck, with Vanya Cohen, piano

Montpellier (France), Salle Pasteur du Corum – Thursday, July 24^th, 2008, 0.30 pm

Invocation for solo alto flute, M. 511 (1994-6)

Boroka Pöllnitz, alto flute

With works by Eberhard Böttcher, Paul Walter Fürst, Koechlin, Saint-Saëns and Wolfram Wagner

Bistriţa (Rumania), Multicultural Center of the Synagogue – Thursday, July 24^th, 2008, 7.30 pm (during the concerts series « 100 minutes of music »)

Flute Quartet, M. 547 (1996)

Cristina Bojin, Sebastian Fratila, Ana Ioana Oltean and Boroka Pöllnitz, flutes

With works by Carter, Volkmar Ellmauthaler, Villa-Lobos, Wolfram Wagner and Ferdinand Weiss

Bistriţa (Rumania), Multicultural Center of the Synagogue – Monday, July 28^th, 2008, 7.30 pm (during the concerts series « 100 minutes of music »)

Quintet for clarinet and strings, M. 668 (2008)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

During the Davos Festival 2008 (commissioned by the Festival)

Shirley Brill, clarinet, and the Terpsychordes Quartet (Girolamo Bottiglieri, Raya Raytcheva, violins, Caroline Haas, viola, François Grin, cello)

Davos (Switzerland), Congress Centre – Wednesday, July 30^th, 2008, 5 pm

This concert shall be recorded and broadcasted by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

Le Tombeau de Ravel, version for chamber orchestra, M. 654b (2006, orch. 2007)

FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE VERSION FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, conducted by Emmanuel Siffert

Quito (Ecuador) – Thursday, October 2^nd, 2008, 8 pm

Quito (Ecuador) – Friday, October 3^rd, 2008, 8 pm

Lied for soprano saxophone and piano, M. 551 (1997)

Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, and Virginie Falquet, piano

With works by Carmichael, Charrière, Cordero, Grella-Mozejko, Maurice and Milhaud

Neuchâtel, Concert Hall of the Music School, Faubourg de l’Hôpital 24, during the Récitals du Jeudi – Thursday, November 13^th, 2008, 8.15 pm

Stèles, cycle of piano pieces, after Segalen (2008)

FIRST PERFORMANCE

During a concert of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) of Lausanne

Dana Ciocarlie, piano

Lausanne, Great Hall of the Music Academy – Monday, March 23^rd, 2009, 7 pm

Organ Concerto, M. 628 (2002)

First played in Germany

During the Great Concerts of the Gewandhaus

Michael Schönheit, organ

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by Riccardo Chailly

with Arcana and Ionisation by Varèse and the Suite of the Fire Bird by Stravinsky

Leipzig, Gewandhaus, Grosser Saal – Thursday 29^th and Friday 30^th April 2010

PLEASE MIND : NEW DATES !

Other various concerts are to bee planned, but I am awaiting the dates, the locations...

!!!!! Changes of dates and locations may be possible !!!!!