A Short List of Musical Works

Concert

  • Duck Laughs (2012), tribute to Elliott Carter, for percussion and OMax system. Premiere by Laurent Mariusse, New York City, Roulette.
  • Artaud trop tard (2009) for piano 4 hands and tuba. Premiere by members of Ensemble Reflex, Paris, Atelier du Plateau [score] .
  • Peking Duck Soup (2008), tribute to the Marx Brothers, for pianist, mirror and OMax computer music system, with video by Emilie Rossez. Premiere by Hélène Schwartz and Georges Bloch, Strasbourg, Musée d’art moderne (also Paris, Uzeste, Pavia).
  • Vol Plané (2007) melodrama for double-bass player on a poem by Antonia Soulez. Premiere by Jean-Daniel Hégé, double-bass, Basel (Switzerland) [score] .
  • Memories of Monk2 (2006) with Philippe Leclerc, for saxophone and OMax-video computer music system, Premiere by Philippe Leclerc, Strasbourg, UMB (also played in Ircam, Paris).
  • L’homme du champ (2005), tribute to Morton Feldman, for six-voice choir (S1S2ATB1B2), viola, celesta and percussion.Premiere by Basler Madrigalisten, dir. Geoffroy Jourdain, Strasbourg, Eglise du Bouclier (also Basel, Switzerland) [score] .
  • Memories of Monk1 (2004) with Philippe Leclerc, for saxophone and OMax computer music system, Premiere by Philippe Leclerc, Premiere in Ircam, Paris (also played in Mannheim, Germany).
  • Canons à marcher (2004) for five voices (S1S2mSTB) and cello. Premiere by Chœur de chambre de Strasbourg, dir. Catherine Bolzinger. Strasbourg, TAPS Scala (also Freiburg, Germany)
  • Noël des chasseurs (2002) for children choir and brass ensemble. Premiere by Ensemble des conservatoires d’Alsace and EDS Brass ensemble, Mulhouse, Strasbourg
  • Souvenirs et moments (2001) for voice and percussion, with photos by Jean-Michel Albérola. Premiere by Hélène Schwartz, Strasbourg, musée d’art moderne.
  • Palm sax (1998) for seven saxophones and computer music system. Premiere by Philippe Geiss and students from Strasbourg Conservatory, Strasbourg, pavillon Joséphine.
  • Palmipèdes d'agrément (1996) two violas and Ircam “spatialisateur”. Premiere by Eckhard Kahle, Tatihou (Calvados), for the JIM (computer music) concert.
  • Palmipèdes d'agrément de la rue Morère (1992-93) two violas and “spatialisateur”. Premiere by Eckhard Kahle (first piece with “spatialisateur”), Paris, Ircam.
  • Palmipèdes salins (1992) for brass ensemble (4tr 4 hn 4trb eupho tu + percussion) and the space of the salt factory of Nicolas Ledoux in Arc-et-Senans. Premiere by ensemble “Sur Mesures”, cond. Fabrice Colas, Arc-et-Senans.
  • Tribuni B (1988) for UPIC-generated tape. Paris, théâtre du Ranelagh.
  • Mono-Chalemie (1988) for chalumeau. Premiere by Drake Mabry, Paris, ASCA.
  • Jimmy Durante Boulevard (1986) for improvisers and Computer-assisted MIDI system, in collaboration with Roger Dannenberg. Premiere by Xavier Chabot, flute, R. Dannenberg, trumpet, and Georges Bloch, keyboard, Amsterdam (the Netherlands), STEIM (also The Hague, San Diego, Paris)

Musical visits

  • Kupka exhibit (2003) for saxophone (/flute) and voice (/melodica). Premieres by Philippe Leclerc and Georges Bloch. Music for a visit of the Franticek Kupka exhibit in the Musée d’art moderne of Strasbourg.
  • Les tours de la cathédrale de Reims: une empreinte sonore (2002) for clarinet/speaker, saxophone, double-bass, percussion and a speaking guide. Premiere by Sylvie Brucker, Philippe Leclerc, Jean-Daniel Hégé and Olivier Pellegri, Reims cathedral.
  • Fondation Beyeler: une empreinte sonore (2001) for violin, clarinet/voice, saxophone, double-bass, percussion and a speaking guide. Premiere by Evelyne Alliaume, Sylvie Brucker, Philippe Leclerc, Jean-Daniel Hégé, Olivier Pellegri and Philip Buettner. Beyeler Foundation in Riehen (close to Basel, Switzerland) for the “Europäischer Musikmonat” festival.
  • Fragments corbuséens palmés (1995) mezzo-soprano, water-tower and sound sculpture. Uses Didier Blanchard’s sound sculpture composition sonore n° 20: « un corps sonore". Premiere by Sylvie Deguy, mezzo soprano. Podensac (close to Bordeaux), in the water tower designed in 1917 by Le Corbusier (his first achievement in France). CD “groupe des cinq” available on Cdemusic.
  • Visite guidée en 3 stations et 13 déambulations (1995) for solo viola and sculptures by Lucile Bertrand. Premiere by Eckhard Kahle. Cergy, Paris, during exhibits of Lucile Bertrand’s sculptures.
 


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