Instrumentation: for violoncello

A piece of an easy character without any real technical difficulties.

Duration: 5' 00"
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Instrumentation: for choir (min: 4.4.4.4)

Texts: Bibel / Liturgie

In its meditative and intimate character this piece is based on the last poem of the lamentations attributed to Jeremiah. The text is in hebrew and sung, spoken or whispered.

Duration: 6' 00"
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Instrumentation: for violin and chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1/2.0.0.0/12.4.4.2)

Piece in one movement with no technical difficulties.

Duration: 8' 00"
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Instrumentation: for flute

Based on the monologue "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, / To the last syllable of recorded time." from Macbeth (Act V, sc. V, 1.19).
Combination of multiphonic sonorities, aeolian sounds, whistle tones, tongue-ram and key percussion.


Duration: 6' 00"
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Instrumentation: for soprano and ensemble (2.1.1.1./1.1.0.0/perc/hp/3.2.2.1)

Based on the poem ‘Galerie’ in ‘Sources du vent’ by Pierre Reverdy.

Duration: 7' 00"
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Instrumentation: for ondes Martenot

Uses the effects of resonance of the Martenot's wave. A short central part allows the interpreter to improvise over twelve notes.

Duration: 6' 00"
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Instrumentation: for string quartet

‘The sea-horse valley’ is a ‘region’ inside the Mandelbrot fractal (centre: x = -0,753, y = 0,092). Movement of one fast gesture from low to high. The ensemble is situated between piano and pianissimo.

Duration: 3' 00"
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Folkloric tale

Instrumentation: for choir (3.3.3.3) and twelve violins

Texts: Bibel / Liturgie

This tale is based on the prologue and epilogue of the Book of Job. Intended to be played during a service. All the indications are in the score. The words, often whispered and murmured are in different languages. A speaker reads the texts in the local language. The poems in the centre of the book can be added to the presentation, but they are not in the score.

Duration: 15' 00"
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Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, string quartet, one percussion, harp and ondes Martenot

Texts: Philippe Jaccottet

Based on 'Fragments soulevés par le vent' from 'Cahier de verdure' by Philippe Jaccottet.

Duration: 15' 00"
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Instrumentation: for two clarinets and bass clarinet

Ruminant and intimate character. Timbral variations and sound combinations.

Duration: 7' 00"
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Instrumentation: for violin

A difficult virtuoso piece.

Duration: 6' 00"
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Instrumentation: for string quartet

Based on the first poem in 'Gedichte' by Christian Morgenstern. Small parts are spoken and whispered by the musicians.

Duration: 10' 00"
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Instrumentation: for two percussion and violin

Based on 'Jamais la mort ne délira / Le noeud dont ta beauté me lie' by Ronsard. The second part is an improvisation over a group of short cells.

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 16.70

Instrumentation: for choir (8.7.7.7), brass ensemble (6tpt.6tbn.1tba) and two percussion

Texts: Bibel / Liturgie

Alternating texts taken from the Book of Habakuk in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German and French.

Duration: 24' 00"
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Instrumentation: for harp

Based on the poem 'Abajo' in 'Noche' by Federico Garcia Lorca. "El espacio estrellado / se refleja en sonidos. / Lianas espectrales. / Arpa laberíntica." The construction of this piece is based on the compilation of several sound stages of different character.

Duration: 5' 00"
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Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/1perc/12.4.3.2)

In one movement. This work is in memory of the french resistance fighter Jean-Marie Bulle.

Duration: 9' 00"
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Instrumentation: for two percussion incl. one soloist and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.1.0/20.7.7.3)

Based on "Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises, / Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not." from The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Act III, sc. III, 147). Very important percussion with a very virtuosic solo part.

Duration: 18' 00"
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Instrumentation: for soprano and guitar

Texts: Denise Mützenberg

A piece based on a cycle of poems in Romansch, taken from the cycle 'Dschember Schamblin' by Denise Mützenberg.

Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 16.70

Instrumentation: for violin and chamber orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/1perc/9.3.3.1)

Based on lü-shi "Looking for the taoïste monk Chang from Nan-qi" by the poet Liu Chang-qing (709-785?).

Duration: 11' 00"
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Poem

Instrumentation: for marimba solo

Based on a haïku by Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902): "The storm / During mid-day / has broken the mallow stalk." and a haïku by Kyoshi Takahama (1854-1959): "A serpent escaped. / Its eyes which were watching me / remained alone in the grass." This piece is built in the classical structure of the haiku. Alternating between rubbing of the bars, gliding of the mallets in the tube and slow / very fast movements. The poems are spoken in Japanese by the marimba player.

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 14.70

Spectacle

Instrumentation: with singers (SBar), actors (min.2) and musicians (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/1perc/2.1.1.0)

Texts: William Shakespeare

Musical spectacle for a particular staging: mimes, marionettes or different ways of acting. The text is an adaptation of the translation by Jean-Claude Carrière.

Duration: var.
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Instrumentation: for Baritone and chamber orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc/16.6.4.3)

Texts: William Shakespeare

Based on the sonnets LIV, XXV, XIX, XXVII, XXVIII and VIII by William Shakespeare.

Duration: 18' 00"
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Instrumentation: for piano

Based on the poem 'L'univers-solitude' from 'La Vie immédiate' by Paul Eluard.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 11.40

Instrumentation: (4.3.3.3/4.4.3.1/4perc/hp/14.12.10.8.6)

This work is inspired by the promenades and talks in the gardens of Jinan, capital of the chinese province Shandong. This is especially apparent in the pianissimi and the big divisi of the strings and sounds and its alternating impression.

Duration: 15' 00"

CHF: 42.00