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WORKS FOR /
WITH FLUTE(S)
(catalogue from August
31st, 2010)
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M.451 : Sonata (Nachtmusik) (1990) [11']
for solo flute
4 (+2) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please
contact the composer for first performance)
The subtitle points out an atmosphere, without any
descriptive indication. Use of contemporary sounds (multiphonics,
aeolian sounds, Tongue-ram, ... )
in alternation with more lyrical passages.
M.511 :
Invocation (1994-6) [4']
for solo alto flute (in G)
2 (+1) pages
Work yet to be
first-performed (!! please
contact the composer for first performance)
Contains quarter tones. Inspired by Middle East music.
M.637
and 638 : Appel I and Appel II (2004) [1']
for flute or any other wind
instrument
4 (+2) pages
Appel means Call. Both Appels have been composed within the context of the ORB_IT
project of the World New Music Days 2004. These two short pieces, like
miniature fanfares, are written in order to be playable by any wind instruments
(wood or brass).
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.576 : Duo (1998) [13']
for alto flute and guitar
11 (+1) pages
EDITIONS RENCONTRES GUITARES (CP 115, CH-1630 Bulle)
In 3 movements. Elegiaco with subtle sonority, presto malinconico,
mirror-like scherzo, and estaticamente
lento, of great expressive purity.
M.598 :
Duo for flute and clarinet (1999) [9’]
9 (+1) pages
CD recording
Work written for the Wiener Klangforum (first performed 1999 in Boswil).
Rather virtuoso and complex, including among others quarter tones. Very contrasted, from the serene calm to the pathetic dramatism.
M.569 :
Trio for flute, viola and harp (1997-9)
[11’]
10 (+1) pages
M.569a: flute and viola parts: 2 x 2 (+1) pages
score excerpt (pdf)
In a single movement, slow
and melancholic, written in a funeral way.
M.649 : Suite for three flutes (2005-6)
[13']
for three flutes (also
piccolo, alto flute in G and bass flute)
20 (+3) pages
Presentation, score excerpts and audio
recording
This Suite is made of four
movements, each of which puts into light a different instrument. The first
movement, with alto flute, is mysterious and of changing mood. The second, with
piccolo, is spontaneous, skipping along and almost carefree. The third, very
serene, is near to a Zen meditation, and puts into light the bass flute. The
last movement, written for the three flutes in C, is voluble and dynamic.
M.547 :
Flute quartet (1996) [9']
for 4 flutes (first one also piccolo, fourth one also alto flute in G)
19 (+1) pages
M.547a : separate parts for the second and the third flute : 2 x 5 (+1) pages.
The first and the fourth flutes use a copy of the whole score.
Mysterious sonorities and
elegiac climate out of time, punctuated by flashing outbursts of energy. The non-conventional use of triad chords opens the way for intense
sonorous landscapes.
M.582 :
Sonata a quattro (1998) [9']
for flute, horn and 2 trumpets
14 (+1) pages ; performing material : 2 x 9 (+1) pages – 2 x 8 (+1) pages
Subtle and delicate
sonorities. Work which articulates itself
around perfect consonances, requesting a great purity of intonation.
M.675 : Offrande Funèbre en hommage à Bach (2010) [5']
for flute, violin, cello and
organ
10 (+2) pages
M.675a : performing material : 3 x 3 (+1) pages
The Offrande Funèbre en hommage à Bach
(Funeral Offering in homage to Bach) is based on four themes
: an omnipresent plaintive and almost obsessive motive ; the theme of
the Funeral Offering itself ; a lyrical theme, at first played by the flute ;
at last, a chromatic basso ostinato, sometimes
descending, sometimes ascending. The
four themes intermingle progressively, while the organ plays the beginning of
the Ricercar a 3, which dissolves gradually after
the entry of its 3rd voice. Commissioned by the
Schweizer Kammerensemble, which first performed it in
Lenzburg (Switzerland), on August 20th,
2010.
M.612 : Wind Quintet (2000) [16’]
For flute (also piccolo
and alto flute), oboe, clarinet (b), horn and bassoon.
31 (+2) pages
M.612a : performing material : 31 (+2) pages – 31 (+2) pages – 30 (+2) pages –
29 (+2) pages – 26 (+2) pages
Presentation, score excerpt and audio recording
Every instrument is valued, in a
great variety of colours, work successively energetic, melancholic, mysterious,
desolated or contemplative. Order of the Eole
Quintet, which first performed it September 2001, in the “Espace
Jean-Tinguely-Niki de
Saint-Phalle” of Fribourg.
M.642 : Suite for wind quintet (2005-6)
[18']
for flute (also piccolo and alto
flute in g), oboe (also english horn), clarinet in b
flat (also little clarinet in e flat, bass clarinet in b flat and ad libitum clarinet in a), bassoon (also contrabassoon) and
horn
36 (+5) pages
This suite, taken from the scenic
work « Les Serrures à Secret », is made of
four movements and two short interludes. The first movement is mysterious and
almost hypnotic, the second ironical, grotesque and mocking, the third first
grave and solemn, then progressively more appeased, and the fourth, first like
a dance on obsessive rhythms, ends on a touch of nostalgia. As for the two
interludes surrounding the second movement, they are quite in the spirit of the
Musiques d’ameublement by Satie. The full score
serves also as separate part for each instrumentalist.
M.627 : Quintet for flute and strings (2002-3) [14']
for flute, violin, 2 violas and cello
33
(+2) pages
M.627a :
performing material :
16 pages + 4 x 12 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.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 excerpt 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.
In project :
Work
for voice, flute, viola and harp after haiku texts
Work
for solo piccolo
Concerto
for flute
Works for solo flute, flute and organ,
…
All commissions welcome!