2012 - the bristophone - ostrich
2012 - New Voices - Public Voices
2011 and 2012 - after Bestué and Vives
2010 to 2014 - The trilogy for cello and free ensemble
2010 - My piece with something like hope in the end
2009 - Opus 40 centimetres
2007 - Aus den Sieben Tagen - Oben und Unten
2005 - Soirée 69 et play stations
2006 à 2012 - Various smaller improvised forms
2006 à 2012 - Smaller improvised forms with illustration and/or animation
Workshops, installations and other stuff
One cannot but notice that beside sensational shows and breathtaking improvisations, I have also produced compositions for all the instruments of the world. (It is true.) The complete catalogue is downloadable , but for those who prefer surfing, it is also online below, classified by "main" instrument. Some recordings exist in real life but are not on this website. One can ask me for them.
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
Harp
Bass clarinet
Bassoon
Baryton saxophone
Tuba
Percussions
Piano and other keyboards
Voice
Performers
Free ensemble
Solo electronic
Violin
Violon solo
TremaL, 6 minutes, May 2003, dedicated to Heinz Holliger.
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, summer 2008.
Violin and orchestra
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, fall 2006.
Violin and small orchestra
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, fall 2009, premiered in March 2010 by Rachel Kolly d'Alba.
Viola
Solo viola
TremaL, 6 minutes, May 2003, dedicated to Heinz Holliger.
Cello
Solo cello
Büdük à l'opéra, 40 seconds, October 2001, premiered by the composer on the 17th of December 2001.
TremaL, 6 minutes, May 2003, dedicated to Heinz Holliger, premiered by the composer on the 28th of June 2003.
Deux décacophonismes, twist 10 minutes, 2003 to 2005, with three examples below:
Love, passion and schizophrenia by Guillaume Berney.
Life is made of joy and combs by Magali Guillain (16 years old).
Opus 69, short and easy version by the composer.
Opus 69, long and hard version, 13 minutes, August 2005, premiered by the composer on the 3rd of November 2005 and available on CD.
Cello and free ensemble
Winterreise, 40 minutes, September October 2010, premiered by the composer on the 26th of October 2010, with Marc Berman (accordeon), Rodolphe Loubatiere (percussions), Raphaël Ortis (electric bass), d'incise (electronic),Vinz Vonlanthen (guitare), Magali Guillain (cello), Laurent Estoppey (saxophone), Alexandra Bellon (steel drum), Simon Aeschimann (guitare), lucie mauch (clavichord), Jamasp Jhabvala (violin), Richard Jean (guitare), Yannick Barman (trompet), Lea Sangiorgio (clarinet), Noémie Cotton (accordeon), Antoine Lang (voice), Johann Bourquenez (synthesizer), Marie Schwab (viola), Navin Gopaldass (bass), Christophe Schweizer (trombone) et Claude Jordan (flute).
Cello and electronic
le fantôme de Büdük, 10 minutes, May 2002, premiered by the composer on the 16th of June 2002.
Acciones en Casa, 34 minutes, October to December 2010, premiered by the composer on the 13th of January 2011, for Bestué and Vives' movie that can be watched and listened to here.
Cellos ensemble
thé extra-cellists, 50 minutes without thé show, 1:20 with, sommer 2004, musical show with pièces for 1, 2, 4 and 9 cellists, premiered on the 4th and 5th of February by Aurélien Ferrette, the composer and seven pupils of the conservatory, with three examples below:
Love, passion and schizophrenia by Guillaume Berney.
Life is made of joys and combs by Magali Guillain (16 years old).
Hypothetical prelude to a trivial suite by Phillipine (8 years old) and Julien (9 years old).
Double bass
Solo double bass
TremaL, 6 minutes, May 2003, dedicated to Heinz Holliger.
Opus 69, long and hard version, 13 minutes, August 2005, double bass version premiered by the composer on the 23rd of Septembre 2006.
Double bass and electronic
Acciones en Casa, 34 minutes, October to December 2010, musique pour le film de Bestué et Vives, which cello version for Bestué and Vives' movie that can be watched and listened to here.
Harp
Harp and electronic
Die Harfen, 22 minutes, 2004-2005, premiered by Aurore Dumas in March 2005, with three examples below:
Example 1.
Example 2.
Example 3.
Bass Clarinet
Erster Verlust, 12 minutes, August 2002, premiered by Yuji Noguchi in March 2010.
Bassoon
Bassoon and ensemble
Symphonie Consternante, 20 minutes, 2003, premiered in March 2010 by Ludovic Thirvaudey (bassoon) and Aurélien Ferrette (conductor) and available on CD.
Baryton saxophone
Erster Verlust, 12 minutes, August 2002, premiered by Vincent Daoud in March 2010, available on CD, and also below:
1st movement
2nd movement
3rd movement
Tuba
Eflat tuba and electronic
Super Play Station 3 Turbo : Femme Fontaine, 12 minutes, July 2006, premiered in January 2008 by Christophe Schweizer and available on CD.
Percussions
Solo percussions
Peregremotion (Percussion, Regression, Emotion), 4 minutes, August September 2003.
Peregremotion II (Percussion, Regression, Emotion), 15 minutes, September October 2005, premiered on thé 7th of April 2006 by Cyril Regamey. (Recording by Guy-Loup Boisneau, January 2011.)
Percussions trio
Peregremotions I (Percussions, Regressions, Emotions), 5 minutes, September October 2003, premiere in March 2004 by Richard Kuster, Max Dazas and Pascal Stauffer. In memoriam Pascal Stauffer. (Recording by Alexandra Bellon, Claire Defet et Guy-Loup Boisneau, January 2011.)
Piano and other keyboards
Solo piano
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, summer 2008, premiere in May 2010 by Viva Sanchez.
Piano et orchestre
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, fall 2006.
Piano and small orchestra
Number 3, 9 minutes 46, fall 2009.
Clavichord and live electronics
La Confirmacion, 16 minutes 30, January 2012, premiered in April 2012 by Viva Sanchez. After a movie by Bestué and Vives than can be seen and listened to here.
Voice
Voice (male or female) and cello
Opus 69, long and hard version, 13 minutes, August 2005, premiered by Marie Cézariat (voice) and the composer (cello) in June 2008, with a long part watchable here
Voice (male or female) and double bass
Opus 69, long and hard version, 13 minutes, August 2005, premiered by Edmée Fleury (voice) and Fabien Sevilla (double bass) on the 7th of April 2006.
Voice and electronic
Nikouda, Nitchievo, 5 minutes, November 2005, premiered by Edmée Fleury on the 7th of April 2006.
Voice, saxophone, cello and percussions
Träumerei, 17 minutes, August to December 2002, premiered in March 2003 by Virginie Lièvre, John Menoud, Brice Catherin and Denis Schüler. Performed and recorded in March 2010 by Frédéric Danel, Vincent Daoud, Brice Catherin and Alexandra Bellon, and available on CD and below:
1st movement
2nd mouvement
3rd mouvement
Voice, saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, percussions and electronic
Aujourd'hui blues I, 10 minutes, Septembre October 2005, after Jacques Higelin, premiered by Edmée Fleury, Laurent Estoppey, Benoît Moreau, Laurent Bruttin and Cyril Regamey on the 7th of April 2006.
Voice, saxophone, clarinet/piano, bas clarinet, percussions, guitare, bass/double bass and electronic
Cabaret démago-populiste, 1:30, 2005-2006, premiered on the 7th of April 2006.
Performers
Two performers
Opus 40 centimetres, 1:30, August 2006 to August 2007, premiered by Cyril Regamey and Brice Catherin, with many examples here.
Free ensemble
Anyone and live electronic
Play Station Portable, free duration, December 2006 to January 2007, with many examples available here.
Gaming TransAt (GTA), free duration, July to August 2008, which concept is described here.
Free ensemble and electronic
Play Station 1 - choral et glissades de différentielles, free duration, December 2003, corrected in September 2005, premiered in January 2004 with Arturo Corrales (conductor), then corrected version in November 2005 with Aurélien Ferrette (conductor).
Play Station 2 - sinusite, 5mn56, October 2004, premiered on the 3rd of November 2005 by Anne Gillot (recorder) and Laurent Estoppey (saxophone).
Play Station 3, free duration, April 2005, premiered on the 3rd of November 2005 by Anne Gillot (recorder) and Laurent Estoppey (saxophone), with few examples below:
With Anne Gillot, recorder, Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, Benoît Moreau, clarinet, and Brice Catherin, electronic, in March 2006.
With Alex Babel, percussions, Christian Magnusson, trompet, Benoît Moreau, clarinet, and John Menoud, guitare, in 2005.
With Anne Gillot, recorder, and Laurent Estoppey, saxophone, in 2005.
Play Station 3 : CHAU, between 12 and 20 minutes, October 2005, premiered between the 12th and the 15th of January 2006 by l'ensemble CH.au, with the version for trombone and harp below (Christophe Schweizer and Aurore Dumas, théâtre du Grütli, Geneva, January 2008):
1st movement : the beginning
2nd movement : It sounds like Feldman
3rd and 4th movement : the middle and the end
Super Play Station 3 Turbo, free duration, July 2006, premiered on the 23rd of September 2006 by the composer, with few versions below:
Extract, with Yannick Barman, trumpet, Brice Catherin, electronic, Cyril Regamey, drums, and Christophe Schweizer, trombone, on the 14th of June 2008
Extract, with Anne Gillot, recorder, Laurent Estoppey, saxophone and Brice Catherin, electronic, in February 2007.
Play Station 4, free duration over 45 minutes, January 2009, premiered in May 2009 by Yannick Barman and the composer.
My piece with something like hope in the end, 10 hours, June 2006 to December 2009, which concept is described here.
Play Station 5, free duration over 40 minutes, July 2011, premiered on the 12th of July 2012 by Bristophe.
Solo electronic
Prologue et gesticulation, 4mn, February March 2003.
Sinusite, 5mn56, February 2004, premiered in March 2004.
My techno pièce, free duration, November 2004.
Play Station 3: 01.04.2005, 8mn06, 4th of January 2005, premiered in Jauary 2008.
Play Station 3: Ducks, 10mn48, July to October 2005 and available on CD.
My new techno pièce, between 7 and 10 minutes, February March 2006, premiered on the 7th of April 2006.
Spectral and binaural, 9mn49, May 2006, and available on CD.
Studie II under der Dusche, 3mn11, 13th of April 2009, hommage a capella to Stockhausen, available here.
Super Play Station 3 Turbo: George, 10mn, 18th of Novembre 2010, for Benjamin Bouchet's movie that is available here.
Voix Publiques, 13 minutes, June 2012, premiered in October 2012 by the composer. Piece for homemade acousmonium. More details here.
Discographie
Early Works is a beautiful CD that contains three pieces composed during my prolific studies, and that were premiered a few years later during a memorable concert at the Eglise Saint-François (Lausanne) with performers competing in greatness. All the information is on the Audiotong wesite.
Opus 69 is a comic book / CD made with the illustrator Baladi. Four short and silent stories by him, four compositions by Brice Catherin. It resulted in a lesbian feminist esoteric porn album. You can read more about it on la Cafetière website.