Musique de chambre

Double Fault
Bb Clarinet and Alto Saxophone
duration 4'00
This piece is part of a series of short duets for saxophone and another instrument. In this series, there is a quest for unity and equality between the two instruments. It is through an exploration of timbres, articulations and dynamics that balance between the instruments is achieved.

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Double Fault · Duo Entre-Nous · Jackie Glazier · Robert Lemay · Don-Paul Kahl

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For reed quintet (Oboe, Clarient, Alto Saxophone,Bass Clarinet and Bassoon)
Duration 8'15 
The title can be translated as “From single to double” OR “ratio of one to two”.
Written for the Belgian reed quintet Woodwork Reed Quintet, the piece was premiered in Antwerp in November 2022.
The title refers to two things. First, the instrumentation. The instruments of this ensemble are single reeds (clarinets, saxophone) and double reeds (oboe and bassoon).
Second, the form of the piece. The work is a broad accelerando that gradually builds from quarter note=72 to quarter note=144.The metronomic speed of the last section is twice that of the beginning of the piece. From single to double. And the coda is at quarter note=36, half the initial tempo.
From double to single!

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For reed quintet (Oboe, Clarient, Alto Saxophone,Bass Clarinet and Bassoon)
Duration 8'15 
The title can be translated as “From single to double” OR “ratio of one to two”.
Written for the Belgian reed quintet Woodwork Reed Quintet, the piece was premiered in Antwerp in November 2022.
The title refers to two things. First, the instrumentation. The instruments of this ensemble are single reeds (clarinets, saxophone) and double reeds (oboe and bassoon).
Second, the form of the piece. The work is a broad accelerando that gradually builds from quarter note=72 to quarter note=144.The metronomic speed of the last section is twice that of the beginning of the piece. From single to double. And the coda is at quarter note=36, half the initial tempo.
From double to single!


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Eole
Saxophones trio (Soprano/Alto/Tenor)Duration 04’30
Aeolus (Éole), god of the wind in Greek mythology.

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Eole
Saxophones trio (Soprano/Alto/Tenor)Duration 04’30

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Eole
Clarinet trioDuration 03’00
Aeolus (Éole), god of the wind in Greek mythology.The work was premiered in Alma, Quebec, by the Trio Éole in October 2008.

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Eole
Clarinet trioDuration 03’00
Aeolus (Éole), god of the wind in Greek mythology.The work was premiered in Alma, Quebec, by the Trio Éole in October 2008.

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Falten und Farben
Saxophone EnsembleDuration 9’00
The piece Falten und Farben (Folds and Colors) was written for Lars Mlekusch and the Zürich Saxophone Collective. The work was premiered in April 2022 during the Zürich Saxfest 2022.

The work is a tribute to the Hungarian painter Simon Hantaï (1922-2008). The title refers to the folding techniques that the artist used at the end of his life. He crumpled up the canvases, painted them and then unfolded them. The result is an abstract work dominated by color and the absence of it, distributed in space in regular or irregular ways. Musically, this translates into clusters in which I sculpt the sound. The clusters are deployed in the acoustic space.


EXTRAIT AUDIO

The saxophone ensemble for Falten und Farben includes 
2 soprano saxophone
3 alto saxophone
3 tenor saxophone
2 baryton saxophone

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Falten und Farben
Saxophone EnsembleDuration 9’00
The piece Falten und Farben (Folds and Colors) was written for Lars Mlekusch and the Zürich Saxophone Collective. The work was premiered in April 2022 during the Zürich Saxfest 2022.

The work is a tribute to the Hungarian painter Simon Hantaï (1922-2008). The title refers to the folding techniques that the artist used at the end of his life. He crumpled up the canvases, painted them and then unfolded them. The result is an abstract work dominated by color and the absence of it, distributed in space in regular or irregular ways. Musically, this translates into clusters in which I sculpt the sound. The clusters are deployed in the acoustic space.


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EXTRAIT AUDIO

The saxophone ensemble for Falten und Farben includes 
2 soprano saxophone
3 alto saxophone
3 tenor saxophone
2 baryton saxophone

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Faux fuyant
Oboe and Soprano Saxophone
duration 4'00
This piece is part of a series of short duets for saxophone and another instrument. In this series, there is a quest for unity and equality between the two instruments. It is through an exploration of timbres, articulations and dynamics that balance between the instruments is achieved.

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Fragments noirs
Two Saxophones (Soprano and Alto)Duration 13'
Fragments noirs (Dark Fragments) 9 musical comments on Fragments of texts by Thierry Dimanche.This piece is made up of 9 fragments (musical comments) that can be played in any order. It is not necessary to play all the fragments. The texts of Thierry Dimanche put in parentheses at the end of each fragment are not titles, but only literary and poetic references.

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Fragments noirs
Two Saxophones (Soprano and Alto)Duration 13'
Fragments noirs (Dark Fragments) 9 musical comments on Fragments of texts by Thierry Dimanche.This piece is made up of 9 fragments (musical comments) that can be played in any order. It is not necessary to play all the fragments. The texts of Thierry Dimanche put in parentheses at the end of each fragment are not titles, but only literary and poetic references.

EXTRAIT AUDIO