Delacoste François-Xavier Miobesset
c.p. 214
CH-1871 Les Giettes (VS)
Suisse
Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers
Biography
* 05. 01. 1950.
Born in Monthey (Wallis). Following his studies at the conservatories of Lausanne and Geneva, Delacoste then chose to specialise in orchestration, orchestral conducting and composition. He was professor for harmony, counterpoint and analysis at the Conservatoire supérieur de Musique de Genève and then assumed his positions as the director of the Conservatoire de Musique de Neuchâtel from 1989 until 2005, and the artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Choral Festival. He is often called upon as a juror for national and international competitions. François-Xavier Delacoste is the winner of various prizes, most notably the French Ministry of Culture Prize. He is currently the director of the Conservatoire cantonal du Valais.
Work list
Capriccio pour orchestre de chambre (1974)
Instrumentation: (2.2.2.2./2.0.0.0/2perc/str)
A work in two movements (largo - andante), written in traditional notation and with a youth orchestra in mind.
Duration: 13' 00"
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Concertino pour alto (1976)
Instrumentation: for viola and chamber orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.0.0.0/2perc/str)
A version for viola and piano is also available. A work in two movements (largo - allegro moderato) in traditional notation.
Duration: 10' 00"
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Dieu inconnu (1982)
Instrumentation: for choir and obligatory organ
Religious work.
Duration: 4' 00"
Editions d'une Même Voix
CH-1700 Fribourg Suisse
Chorus pour musique de cuivre (1982)
Instrumentation: for six trumpets, six trombones and a tuba
A piece in four movements (moderato - grave - moderato - allegro) in a traditional, straight-forward writing style. A reworking of four popular melodies from the four regions of Switzerland.
A single - movement composition written in a light, traditional style.
Duration: 11' 00"
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Ballade pour tuba (1989)
Instrumentation: for six trumpets, six trombones, percussion and tuba
Also available in a version for tuba and piano.
This single-movement work is traditional but demanding.
Duration: 13' 00"
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Le Déserteur (1990)
Instrumentation: for soprano, baritone, speaker, mixed choir and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/perc/hp/str)
Tells the story of the life of the painter Charles-Frédérique Brun alias le Déserteur.
Also available in a version for two soloists, speaker, mixed choir and four-handed piano. A traditionally written piece in four movements requiring a keen amateur choir and professional soloists and musicians.
Duration: 50' 00"
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Monologue pour violon seul (1992)
A stylistically traditional but demanding single-movement work.
The work is written in one movement in traditionel but demanding notation.
Also available in a version for chamber orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc/hp(ad lib)/str) (1997)).
Duration: 11' 00"
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Quatuor Aes Cyprium (1993)
Instrumentation: for wind ensemble (2Bbcnt.Ebcl.Bbeuphonium)
Three movements. Traditional notation but demanding.
Duration: 12' 00"
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Mouvement pour quatuor de saxophones (1994)
Instrumentation: (SATB)
A work in one movement. Traditional yet technically demanding and contemporary in style.
Single movement, traditional notation but demanding.
Duration: 12' 00"
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Bestiaire (suite alpestre) (1994)
Instrumentation: for mixed choir
Traditional yet technically demanding - contemporary written piece in seven movements.
Duration: 12' 00"
Editions "Musica Vallensis"
CH-1890 Saint-Maurice
Résonances pour 2 pianos (1994)
This work in one movement is written in traditional and contemporary notation. Also available in a version for philharmonic orchestra (20',1997).
Duration: 13' 00"
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Le Guenon, le Singe et la Noix (1994)
Instrumentation: for baritone and piano
Duration: 2' 00" Manuscript
Chanson nouvelle (1996)
Instrumentation: for mixed choir
Popular chansons from the region of Unterwallis.
Duration: 4' 00" Manuscript
Chanson du terroir (1996)
Instrumentation: for mixed choir
Popular chansons from the region of Unterwallis.
Duration: 3' 00" Manuscript
La bergère des vallons (1996)
Instrumentation: for mixed choir
Popular chansons from the region of Wallis.
Duration: 3' 00"
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Credo (1997)
Instrumentation: for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra (0.1.0.1/1.1.0.0/perc/str)
Homage to the priest Maurice Zundel.
Also in a version for soprano, mixed choir and piano.
The work has three movements and is written in traditional and contemporary notation. The mixed choir requires a minimum of six voices in each register.
Duration: 45' 00"
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Le chemin de croix (1999)
Instrumentation: for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Work in a single movement in traditional notation.