Froelicher André
(1959)
Genere: Musica Classica
Biografia
* 1959.
André Froelicher lived in Aarau until completion of his undergraduate education at the 'Alte Kantonschule'. His intensive studies at the Conservatoire supérieur de Musique de Genève (1979-1984) and at the University of Michigan under Ann Arbor in the USA (1984-1987) have turned him into one of those rare musical multi-talents with Master degrees in Piano Performance, composition and orchestral conducting; Diplôme de culture musicale (theory teacher's diploma) and master courses in piano and orchestral conducting.
As a guest conductor he has performed with various orchestras at home and abroad and recorded (amongst other things) a CD with the orchestral works of the Swiss composer Peter Mieg in 1991. He recorded Polish music from various centuries right up to the present day for Polish television together with the Archi da Camera chamber orchestra from Warsaw. In 2001 Froelicher conducted the world premiere of the Symphony in A major (1876) by the great romantic composer Edouard Munzinger who he rediscovered in his role as a publisher and conductor. The search for long forgotten musical pearls is one of his greatest passions.
His intensive years of study and his deepened musical experience have allowed him to find a very idiosyncratic compositional style, which is enjoyed by interpreters for its authentic, experienced and comprehensible musicality. Only serious interpreters are prepared to take on this audible challenge; lack of playing ability is ruthlessly apparent, an unmistakable sign of the implicit and generally scissile inner logic of his music. His compositional activities encompass all sorts of chamber music: pieces for piano, works for the harp, guitar, various solo wind instruments including the Alphorn, a string quartet, wind quintet and song cycles in English, French and German. His orchestral works have seen numerous performances throughout the USA, Italy and Poland. True to the instrument, his consciously traditional notation has been praised as exhibiting "a great technical knowledge, combined with a feeling for form and an enormous sense of sound."
André Froelicher lived in Aarau until completion of his undergraduate education at the 'Alte Kantonschule'. His intensive studies at the Conservatoire supérieur de Musique de Genève (1979-1984) and at the University of Michigan under Ann Arbor in the USA (1984-1987) have turned him into one of those rare musical multi-talents with Master degrees in Piano Performance, composition and orchestral conducting; Diplôme de culture musicale (theory teacher's diploma) and master courses in piano and orchestral conducting.
As a guest conductor he has performed with various orchestras at home and abroad and recorded (amongst other things) a CD with the orchestral works of the Swiss composer Peter Mieg in 1991. He recorded Polish music from various centuries right up to the present day for Polish television together with the Archi da Camera chamber orchestra from Warsaw. In 2001 Froelicher conducted the world premiere of the Symphony in A major (1876) by the great romantic composer Edouard Munzinger who he rediscovered in his role as a publisher and conductor. The search for long forgotten musical pearls is one of his greatest passions.
His intensive years of study and his deepened musical experience have allowed him to find a very idiosyncratic compositional style, which is enjoyed by interpreters for its authentic, experienced and comprehensible musicality. Only serious interpreters are prepared to take on this audible challenge; lack of playing ability is ruthlessly apparent, an unmistakable sign of the implicit and generally scissile inner logic of his music. His compositional activities encompass all sorts of chamber music: pieces for piano, works for the harp, guitar, various solo wind instruments including the Alphorn, a string quartet, wind quintet and song cycles in English, French and German. His orchestral works have seen numerous performances throughout the USA, Italy and Poland. True to the instrument, his consciously traditional notation has been praised as exhibiting "a great technical knowledge, combined with a feeling for form and an enormous sense of sound."
Elenco delle opere
Papillon (1979)
Strumentazione: für Flöte
Durata: 1' 00"
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La petite phrase de Vinteuil (1979)
Strumentazione: pour violon et piano
Durata: 1' 30"
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Le petit Minotaure (1978-1980)
3 études
Strumentazione: pour piano
Durata: 2' 00"
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Strumentazione: pour piano
Durata: 2' 00"
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Quatuor à cordes (1980)
Durata: 6' 00"
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2 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke (1981)
Strumentazione: für Frauenstimme und Klavier
Durata: 4' 30"
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Rilke-Lieder (1981/1991)
Strumentazione: für Sopran und Streicher
Testo: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durata: 6' 00"
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Sonate (1980-1982)
Strumentazione: pour piano
Durata: 2' 30"
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Der Nachbar (1982)
Strumentazione: für Bariton und Violine
Testo: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durata: 2' 00"
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Nectarivores (1983)
Strumentazione: pour clarinette seule
Durata: 4' 30"
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Continuation des Amours (1983)
3 sonnets d'après Pierre de Ronsard
Strumentazione: pour baryton et piano
Durata: 6' 00"
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Strumentazione: pour baryton et piano
Durata: 6' 00"
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Poèmes à Lou d'après Apollinaire (1984)
Strumentazione: pour baryton et orchestre
Durata: 7' 30"
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Appendice des Amours (1984-1985)
Strumentazione: pour baryton et piano
Pièce du Septiesme Livre des Poèmes (X) de Pierre de Ronsard.
Durata: 2' 00"
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Flirt (1984-1985)
Strumentazione: pour flûte et piano
Durata: 7' 00"
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Ouroboros (1984)
Strumentazione: für Fagott
Durata: 6' 00"
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"Hickory, Dickory, Dock" (1985)
A Collection of Limericks
Strumentazione: for baritone and piano
Durata: 10' 30"
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Strumentazione: for baritone and piano
Durata: 10' 30"
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Cartoons (1985)
Music for a pocket ballet
Strumentazione: for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Durata: 6' 30"
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Strumentazione: for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Durata: 6' 30"
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Trèfle à sept feuilles (1986)
Suggestions
Strumentazione: pour harpe seule
Durata: 9' 30"
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Strumentazione: pour harpe seule
Durata: 9' 30"
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Open Strings (1986)
Strumentazione: for soprano and harp
Testo: Marc J. Sheehan
Durata: 5' 00"
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Filaments (1986-1987)
Strumentazione: for orchestra
Durata: 7' 00"
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Sakountala (1988)
Strumentazione: pour orchestre à cordes
Durata: 8' 30"
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Fun for Fritz (1987-1989)
A dozen piano pieces
Durata: 15' 00"
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Durata: 15' 00"
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Toccata Tinguely (1990)
Strumentazione: für Klavier zu vier Händen
Durata: 5' 00"
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Lullaby for a never born (1990)
Five Memories
Strumentazione: for piano solo
Durata: 9' 30"
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Strumentazione: for piano solo
Durata: 9' 30"
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Harmonie du soir (1991)
Strumentazione: pour cor des alpes solo
Durata: 3' 30"
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Cartes postales (1991)
Vues touristiques sur la Suisse jubilaire
Strumentazione: pour flûte, harpe et marimba
Durata: 7' 30"
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Strumentazione: pour flûte, harpe et marimba
Durata: 7' 30"
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Clarinfonietta (1991-1992)
Strumentazione: für 2 Klarinetten
Durata: 7' 30"
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Deux boîtes à musique pour Lionel (1992)
Petites pièces
Strumentazione: pour piano
Durata: 2' 00"
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Strumentazione: pour piano
Durata: 2' 00"
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MULETA (1992)
Strumentazione: für zwei Gitarren
Durata: 6' 00"
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Casual Concepts (1992)
Piano Pieces for the Ham-fisted
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Fanfare for a fair fan (1992)
Strumentazione: for four trumpets
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Griottes (1992)
Strumentazione: für Gitarre
Durata: 3' 00"
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JimJimCembalo (1992-1996)
Strumentazione: for Harpsichord
Durata: 11' 00"
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Whims and Fancies (1991-1997)
36 Stücke
Strumentazione: für Klavier
Durata: 25' 00"
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Strumentazione: für Klavier
Durata: 25' 00"
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Tintinnabulary (1994-1997)
Musikspektakel
Strumentazione: für 2 Klaviere
Durata: 7' 00"
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Strumentazione: für 2 Klaviere
Durata: 7' 00"
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MorgensternE (2001)
Sechs Lieder
Strumentazione: für Tenor und Klavier
Testo: Christian Morgenstern
Durata: 14' 30"
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Strumentazione: für Tenor und Klavier
Testo: Christian Morgenstern
Durata: 14' 30"
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Tongues on Fire (2002)
A Gobbledygook
Strumentazione: for Wind Quintet
Durata: 7' 00"
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Strumentazione: for Wind Quintet
Durata: 7' 00"
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Ultimo aggiornamento: 2024-11-23 11:13:06