Michael Jarrell was born in Geneva. Having been attracted to both art and music ("Music was always more important to me... I have hesitated at some point."), he decided on Geneva Conservatory, where he attended the music theory classes of Eric Gaudibert and studied composition under Klaus Huber in Freiburg im Breisgau. ("I owe him everything, especially for his transference of skills."). Between 1986 and 1988 he lived in Paris where he completed a stage in musical information at IRCAM and then in Rome (1988-89 at Medici Villa and the Swiss Institute) where he continued his work on the 'Assonance' series, a sequence drawn from sketchbooks. ("The sketch is a perfectly natural stage in the painting, in which the artist attempts to solve certain problems... These aspects are less manifest in music. This I find regrettable.") From 1991-1993 he was composer in residence with the Lyon National Orchestra. Today Jarrell teaches composition at the Vienna School of Music ("Normally, even before I begin, I can get an overview of what happens on the level of form, motive etc., but for some time now it has been the opposite: I begin and then tend to allow for a more unleashed development.")
Work list
Aber der Wissende (1981)
Instrumentation: for voice and marimba
Duration: 14' 00"
Henry Lemoine
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In te, anime meus, tempora metior (1982)
Instrumentation: for string trio
Duration: 28' 00"
Henry Lemoine
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Trei II (1982-1983)
Instrumentation: for soprano and 5 instruments (fl.cl/pf/vn.vc)
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
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Assonance I (1983)
Instrumentation: for clarinet solo
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
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Trace-écart (1984)
Instrumentation: for soprano, contralto, percussion and double ensemble each with 8 instruments (fl, ob, cl, bn, 2hn, tpt, tbn, 2perc, pf, hp, v, va, vc, db)
Duration: 17' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Dérives (1980-1985)
Chamber opera
Instrumentation: for three singers (S, Bar, recitative) an actor and an instrumental ensemble (speaking choir, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello)
Henry Lemoine
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Lysistrata (1985)
Scenic music for Aristophanes' "Lysistrata"
Instrumentation: for 3 percussion instruments
Duration: 2h 00"
Henry Lemoine
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Instantanés (1985-1986)
Instrumentation: for large orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/4perc/pf.hp/str)
Duration: 16' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Anagrammes (1986)
Instrumentation: for wind quintet
Duration: 13' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Eco (1986)
Instrumentation: for voice and piano
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Formes-Fragments (1987)
Instrumentation: for 6 voices (SMezATBarB), brass ensemble (2 hn.2tpt.2tbn.tba) and 2 percussionists
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Modifications (1987)
Instrumentation: for piano and six instruments (cl, bn, hn, v, va, vc)
Duration: 16' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Essaims-cribles. Chamber-ballet (1986-1988)
Chamber ballet
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet and chamber ensemble (fl.cl.bcl/hn.tbn/perc/hp.pf.va.vc.db)
Duration: 20' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Conversions (1988)
Instrumentation: for harp and string orchestra
Duration: 14' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Congruences (1988-1989)
Instrumentation: for MIDI-flute, oboe, chamber ensemble and live-electronics (cl.bcl.bn/hn.tpt.tbn/2perc/pno(with synth DX 7 II).MIDI-piano(TX 802)/va.vc.db)
Duration: 18' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Eco II (1988-1989)
Instrumentation: for voice and instrumental ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello)
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance II (1989)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet solo
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance III (1989)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet, violoncello and piano
Duration: 13' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Der Schatten, das Band, das uns an die Erde bindet [L'Ombre, cette bande qui nous relie à la terre] (1989)
Ballet
Instrumentation: for large orchestra (2.2.2.2bcl.2/4.2.3.2/perc)
Duration: 20' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
"... D'ombres lointaines..." (1989-1990)
Instrumentation: for soprano and large orchestra (3.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/4perc/hp.pf.cel/14.12.10.8.6)
Duration: 20' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance IV (1990)
Instrumentation: for tuba, viola and live-electronics
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance V. "...chaque jour n'est qu'une trêve entre deux nuits.../...chaque nuit n'est qu'une trêve entre deux jours..." (1990)
...chaque jour n'est qu'une trêve entre deux nuits.../...chaque nuit n'est qu'une trêve entre deux jours...
Instrumentation: for violoncello and four groups of instruments (1.1.1.bcl.1/1.1.1.0/perc(2).pf.hp/2.1.0.1)
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Formes-Fragments II (1990)
Instrumentation: for six voices (SMezATBarB) and instrumental ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 2percussion, 2 violins, 2violas, violoncello)
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
From the Leaves of Shadow (1991)
Instrumentation: for viola and large orchestra (3.2.ca.3bcl.3cbn/4.3.3.1/3perc/hp.pf.cel/str)
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance VI (1991)
Instrumentation: for chamber ensemble (fl.ob.cl/perc/pno/vn.va.vc)
Duration: 8' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Congruences, deuxième version (1991)
Instrumentation: for flute, oboe and orchestra (4.0.2.2bcl.2/2.1.1.0/3perc)
Duration: 14' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Harold et Maud (1991)
Ballet
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/perc/pf.hp/8.8.6.4.2)
Duration: 60' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Des Nuages et des brouillards (1991-1992)
Instrumentation: for orchestra without wind instruments (percussion, piano, harp, six first violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 2 violoncellos, double bass)
Duration: 13' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Assonance VII (1992)
Instrumentation: for percussion
Duration: 11' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Trois études de Claude Debussy (1992)
Transcription
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc/cel.hp/str)
1. Pour les sonorités opposées
2. Pour les notes répétées
3. Pour les accords
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Passages (1992-1993)
Instrumentation: for large orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/perc.timp/pf.cel.hp/12.12.10.8.6)
Duration: 15' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Rhizomes, Assonance VIIb (1993)
Instrumentation: for 2 percussion 2 pianos and and electro-acoustic slide show
Duration: 17' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Wolken (1993)
Instrumentation: for children's choir (9-part) and percussion
Duration: 7' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Cassandre / Kassandra (1993-1994)
Melodrama
Instrumentation: for female actress, instrumental ensemble and electronics (1.1.1.bcl,1/2.1.1.0/2perc/pf.MIDI-piano (1 player))
Texts: Christa Wolf
Duration: 65' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Eco IIb (1994)
Instrumentation: for voice and instrumental ensemble (fl, cl, perc, hp, vn, vc)
Duration: 7' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Eco III (1994)
Instrumentation: for voice and harp
Duration: 10' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42
Aus Bebung (1995)
Instrumentation: for clarinet and violoncello
Duration: 18' 00"
Henry Lemoine
24, rue Pigalle F-75009 Paris Tel. +33 1 48 74 09 25 Fax +33 1 45 26 74 42