| Programs
My
repertoire is fairly large, and I have been labelled over the years as a specialist of
early Spanish music, French Baroque and Romantic repertoire, Jehan Alain,
Gothic music, music by Brahms and Schumann, even of Bach’s music... Indeed,
I spent much time earlier in my life with each of these styles, but now
I play everything, with great pleasure.
Right
now, here is some of the music I enjoy most playing :
Early
Spanish music (always !), music from the Italian earlier and
mid-19th century (the "Serassian school"), Schumann's
complete works for organ or pedal piano, Liszt, Widor's Symphonie
Romane, Jehan Alain's music, and of course, good old Bach. I
also often play my own music, which is of course not the best
in the world, but people usually enjoy it !
Here are some older programs
as an example :
April 9,
2004, Collegiate Church, Neuchâtel Sofia Gubaidulina :
„Hell und dunkel“ and „In Croce“ for cello and organ
January
5, 2005, Mariastein Abbey Soler: Quintets for organ and strings
April
17, 2005, Paris, Saint-Sulpice Alkan: Prelude, Prière, Benedictus,
Schumann: Sketches; Bovet: Ricercare and Toccata
July
13, 2005, Montréal, Oratoire St Joseph Early Spanish music;
Vivaldi/Bovet, Concerto; Petrali: 6 versetti; Bovet: Trois Préludes
September
22, 2005, Merseburg, Dom Liszt: Orpheus; St Francis preaching
to the birds; Les Morts; Ravel/Bovet: "Ma mère l'Oye"
September
30, 2005, Bergamo, Italy Works by Padre Davide, Vincenzo
Petrali, Antonio Diana
January
1, 2006, Neuchâtel, New Year's concert Bach: Toccata in F;
Mozart: A potpourri from "Zauberflöte"; Tchaikowski:
Slavonic March and "Nutcracker"; Toselli: Serenata;
Strauss: "An der schönen blauen Donau"
March
21, 2006, Neuchâtel, Temple du Bas First performance of my
new Concerto for Organ and Large Orchestra, with Valentin Reymond
conducting the Würtembergische Philharmonie
July
26, 2006, Neuchâtel, Collégiale The complete works of Robert
Schumann
March
31, 2007, Gifu/Japan, Salamanca Hall Mozart: Fantasies;
Liszt: "Weinen, Klagen"
June
15, 2007, Málaga/Spain, Cathedral (with Viviane Loriaut) Program
of original Spanish works for two organs; improvisation on 2
organs on the "Malagueña"
September
28, 2007, Poitiers/France, Cathedral Bovet: 12 Tangos
ecclesiasticos
Some
special programs
Peep
the Piper
A
charming multimedia presentation of the organ, its history, technical and
musical features, for children from age 6, and also for the grown-ups, with slide projections, narration,
and organ music. Exists in English, French, German, Japanese, Finnish.
Drawings, text and music by myself.
Requires
a narrator, an organ, a screen and a slide or CD-Rom projector.
Duration:
about 30 minutes
Liszt's
pilgrimage to Fribourg In 1836, Franz Liszt undertook
a trip to Chamonix, with Marie d'Agoult, the writer George Sand
and her children, and Major Pictet from Geneva, inventor of
deadly explosives for the Swiss Army. Both Sand and Pictet have
written very amusing reports about this trip. On the way back
to Geneva, the party stopped in Fribourg to see the famous organ
by Aloys Mooser. This program requires a reader and includes
works by Liszt (the Dante symphony, "Les Morts" with
a texte by Abbé Lamennais, and several shorter pieces), Vogt
(the famous Fribourg thunderstorm), Mozart (a transcription
of the "Dies Irae" from the Requiem), and Rossini's
ouverture of "William Tell". For the moment, the text
is available in French and German, but a translation into English
would be easy to make.
Samuel
Pepys’Diary
A
delightful full evening event with excerpts of this famous diary of the
1660’s, music by Purcell, Pepys and others, and a meal cooked after Sam’s
books of recipes.
Needs
a harpsichord (optional bass string instrument), singer (barytone) and
reader, and if possible, a cook !
12
Tangos ecclesiasticos
This
very unusual program features one of my last compositions, a set of
12 Tangos written in the style of early Spanish organ music. The organist
reads his humorous comments.
Can
be performed on any type, any size of organ, but preferably in the Baroque
style. See details on the page "Texts".
Accompaning
of silent movies
In
permanent contact with two large theatre organs, I have developed
a speciality of accompaning silent movies on the organ. Very large
repertoire of films from Buster Keaton to F.W. Murnau. Some movies are also
suitable for a church. |