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Paraphrase, for solo cello, M.692
(2019)
inspired
by an excerpt of the Sarabande of the 3rd Suite for unaccompanied cello by Bach
German First
Performance
During the KammermusikFEST!
«Schweiz»
Maja
Weber, cello
With works by Brahms, van Eyck,
Markus Flückiger, Fröhlich, Hans Huber, Kummer, Liszt, Martin, Fanny
Mendelssohn, Fabian Müller, Raff, Carl Rütti and Hans-Jürg Sommer, as well as
folk songs from Switzerland (with the Stradivari Quartett –
piano duo Soós/Haag – Maurice Steger, recorder – Volker Jacobsen, viola – David
Pia, cello – Nadja Räss, yodeler – Lisa Stoll, alphorn – Nicolas Senn,
hackbrett)
Excerpts of the song
cycle Racines avides, for voice and piano, M.462 (1991-2)
During the International
Festival of the Lied, Fribourg
Émergences, for
violin and accordion, M.652 (2006)
Roza
Süto, violin – Camille Chapuis, accordion
With works by
Noriko Baba, Nicolas Bacri, Rudolf Kelterborn, György Kurtág and Agata Zubel (with Léo
Beurtheret, saxophone – Fiona Fauchois, soprano – Héloïse Garlopeau,
soprano – Ana Carolina Kafrouni Tomazi, oboe – Sofie Leifer,
violin – Antonia Sayako Fuglsang, violin – Maïa Xifaras, cello)
Prélude-entrée, for
organ, M.694 (2024-5)
FIRST PERFORMANCE
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the
Romandy Organists Association,
in co-production with the Lausanne Cathedral Concert
Society,
as part of the 6th Lausanne International Organ
Festival
and the festivities for the 750th anniversary of
the Lausanne Cathedral
With first performances of
works by Arturo Corrales, Véronique Dubuis, Ezko Kikoutchi and Valentin Villard
(played
by Francesco Alessandrini, Emanuele Lo Bianco, Elizaveta Lobanova and Zeltzin
Pérez Enriquez), works by Louis Broquet, Aloÿs Fornerod, Henri Gagnebin, Pierre Segond
and Julien-François Zbinden (played by Jean-Christophe Geiser,
Vincent Thévenaz, Nicolas Viatte and Edmond Voeffray) and improvisations by Antonio
Garcia, Cyril Julien and Adrien Pièce
Lausanne,
Cathedral – Sunday,
July 6th, 2025, 5 pm – programme
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
FIRST PERFORMANCE
During the 32e Piano en
Valois Festival
With works by Debussy, Fauré and Ravel
La Rochefoucauld
(Charente, France), Les Carmes – Thursday, October 16th,
2025, 8 pm – programme
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
German Premiere
During the Wittlicher Konzerte
With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and
Satie
Wittlich
(Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), former synagogue – Saturday,
October 18th, 2025, 7 pm – programme
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
Premiere in the Netherlands
During the Zondagmatinee in De Paulus
With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and
Satie
Oegstgeest
(province of South Holland, Netherlands), Cultuurhuis De Paulus – Sunday,
October 19th, 2025, 4 pm – programme
Serenata in chiaroscuro, for organ, M.650 (2005-6)
During the Rankweiler Basilikakonzerte
Erwin Messmer, organ
With works by Alain, Bach, Baermann, Buxtehude,
Cahuzac, Gaathaug, Graf, Karg-Elert, Lefèvre and Tarragona Valli (with Gervasio
Tarragona Valli, clarinet)
Rankweil (Vorarlberg, Austria), basilica – Sunday,
October 19th, 2025, 7 pm
– programme
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
With works by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel and
Satie
Nettetal
(North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), KulturAula (during the NetteKlassik
concerts) – Saturday,
November 8th, 2025, 6 pm – programme
Göttingen
(Lower Saxony, Germany), great hall of the University (during the concerts of
the Göttingen Society of Chamber Music) – Sunday,
November 9th, 2025, 7 pm – programme
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
Japan Premiere
With works by Chopin, Mozart and Ravel
Saitama
(Japan), Plaza West, Sakura Hall – Saturday, November 22th,
2025, 2 pm – programme
Le Sommeil de la raison produit des
monstres,
(The Sleep of Reason
Produces Monsters),
after Goya, for solo
arpeggione, M.647 (2005)
During the Concerts intimes « Le Temps Retrouvé »
With works by Bach, Britten, Jean-Michel
Gillard, Kris Oelbrandt and Alberto Schiavo
Sainte-Ode (Belgium),
« Le fenil aux mille divans » (1, rue du Hadja) – Sunday, November 30th, 2025, 4 pm
Le
Tombeau de Ravel, piano version, M.696 (2024)
With works by Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel
and Schubert/Liszt
Sapporo
(Japan), Concert Hall Kitara – Friday, December 12th,
2025, 7 pm – programme
Serenata in chiaroscuro, for organ, M.650 (2005-6)
During the concert cycle Orgelpunkt in der
Heiliggeistkirche
Erwin
Messmer, organ
With works by Bach, Duruflé, Gaathaug,
Karg-Elert and Rheinberger
Berne, Holy Ghost Church – Friday,
April 24th, 2026, 0.30 pm –
programme
Other various concerts are to be planned, but I am
awaiting the dates, the locations...
!!!!! Changes of dates and locations may be possible
!!!!!