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Jean-Pascal CHAIGNE

composer

 

Biography

 

Jean-Pascal Chaigne studied composition with Allain Gaussin then Emmanuel Nunes and Stefano Gervasoni at the Paris Conservatory where he obtained first prizes in composition, orchestration, analysis, harmony, counterpoint and 20th century music writing. His works are performed by ensembles such as Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Musicatreize, L’Itinéraire, Ensemble 2e2m, Ensemble Aleph, L'Instant Donné, Atmusica, Sound Initiative, Quatuor Béla, Quatuor Leonis and Quatuor Habanera.

 

Jean-Pascal Chaigne's music illustrates his particular interest for poetry: first, his will to include his works within rigorously developed cycles – Le travail du silence, Mezza Voce, Objets, Hymnes à la nuit, Les chiffres du corps and his Triptych after Kafka – echoes the requirements of Mallarmé in Livre; also, his music is almost always inspired by the work of poets such as Anne-Marie Albiach, Claude Royet-Journoud, Roger Giroux and Danielle Collobert.

 

Jean-Pascal Chaigne is Professor of 20th-21st century music writing at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) and at the Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg (HEMU) in Switzerland.

 

Video

 

 

Audio

 

CDs

 

Trace, for double bass

"Conversation Pieces" (2015) – Florentin Ginot

(Conservatoire de Paris) 

 

Dire I, for two pianos

Duo Soleil-Cerise (2013)

Emmanuelle Bouillot et Vinca Bonnaud

 

Objets I, for bass clarinet

"Dédicaces" (2010) – Jean-Marc Fessard

(Quantum / Codaex)

 

Figurations, for string trio and orchestra

"Journées de la composition 2009"

(Conservatoire de Paris)

 

 

Figuration I, for viola, cello and orchestra

"Journées de la composition 2007"

(Conservatoire de Paris)

 

 

News

 

19 June

2023

Haute Ecole de Musique (Utopia I hall), Lausanne (Switzerland), 11:00 :

Dire I pour deux pianos, Philippe Frelon and Pannita Mamanee

26 Nov.

2022

Musée d’art et d’histoire, Freibourg (Switzerland) :

Objets II for cello octet, students from HEMU, dir. Guillaume Bourgogne

18 June

2022

Ensemble L'Archivolte, Couvent de la Tourette, L’arbresle, France :

Au seuil d'une parole for recorder

L'évidence d'un regard for harpsichord

De miroir, d'absence for viola da gamba

New work for recorder, harpsichord and viola da gamba

8 June

2022

Haute Ecole de Musique, Geneva, Switzerland, Salle de la Bourse, 18:00 :

Au seuil d'une parole for recorder, Angelo Chardonnet

23 May

2022

Musik Akademie Basel, Kartäuserkirche des Waisenhauses, Switzerland, 17:00 :

Et je m'épuise d'être là for portative organ, Alexandre Jaques

15 May

2022

Conservatory of Thalwil-Oberrieden, Switzerland, 17:00 :

Et je m'épuise d'être là for portative organ, Alexandre Jaques

1 May

2022

Reformed Church of Neukirch-Egnach, Switzerland, 17:00 :

Et je m'épuise d'être là for portative organ, Alexandre Jaques

25 Feb.

2022

New Music Festival 2022 – Berklee College of Music, 19:00 :

Hymne V (US premiere) for piccolo and xylophone, Ensemble Intercontemporain

15 Jan.

2022

Conservatory of Brest, France, 19:30 :

Souffle (world premiere) for contrabass clarinet and double bass, Ensemble Sillages

21 Nov.

2021

Reformed Church of Sitterdorf, Switzerland, 17:00 :

Et je m'épuise d'être là (world premiere) for portative organ, Alexandre Jaques

4 Nov.

2021

Ensemble Archivolte, Annecy, Yvette Martinet Hall, 20:30 :

Au seuil d'une parole (world premiere) for recorder, Marie Lerbret

L'évidence d'un regard (world premiere) for harpsichord, Mathilde Blaineau

De miroir, d'absence for viola da gamba, Louise Bouedo

23-27 June

2021

Twin Cities New Music Festival, Studio Z, St Paul, USA:

L'énigme et son sommeil for soprano

6 June

2021

Studio de l'Ermitage, Paris :

Echo for large ensemble, Ensemble 2e2m, students from the CRR of Gennevilliers, conducted by Michel Pozmanter CANCELLED

4 June

2021

Rendez-vous d’ailleurs Theatre, Paris, 19:00 :

Vertical et blanc I for cello, Pierre Strauch

28 May

2021

Rendez-vous d’ailleurs Theatre, Paris, 19:00 :

Vertical et blanc I for cello, Pierre Strauch

14 May

2021

Fête de la musique contemporaine, Conservatory of Gennevilliers, France, 20:00 :

Echo for large ensemble, Ensemble 2e2m, students from the Conservatory of Gennevilliers, conducted by Michel Pozmanter 

 

Works

 

With the exception of Hymne I (Symétrie Editions), Jean-Pascal Chaigne's scores are published by Mezza-Voce Editions and available for sale

 

 on BabelScores

 

   WORKLIST

Categories :

Solo instrument

Chamber music

Vocal ensemble

Orchestra

Cycles

Solo instrument

 

L’évidence d’un regard (2020)

Harpsichord (7’)

 

Au seuil d'une parole (2020)

Recorder (7’)

 

Hymne IV (2019)

Piano (8')

 

Ce que l'œil recèle (2018)

Viola (3')

 

Cet abîme d’étoiles (2018)

Theorbo (8')

 

De miroir, d’absence (2016) 

Viola da gamba (9’)

 

Wie ein Toter (2016)

Cello (13’)

 

Trace (2014)

Double bass (10’)

 

Hymne II  (2013)

Percussion (8’30’’)

 

Soit donc cela II (2013)

Organ (8’)

 

Soit donc cela I (2013)

Harpsichord (8’)

 

L’épaisseur d’un cri (2012) 

Traverso (5’30’’)

 

L’énigme et son sommeil (2011)

Soprano (6’30’’), after a poem by Claude Royet-Journoud 

 

Hymne I (2010) 

Flute (6’)

 

Vertical et blanc III (2009-revised  2011) 

Violin (9’)

 

Vertical et blanc II (2009) 

Viola (5’30’’)

 

Objets I (2007)

Bass clarinet (5’30’’)

 

Vertical et blanc I  (2006-revised 2009)

Cello (6’30’’)

Chamber music

 

Echo (2020) 

Three choirs or ensembles (12 parts – free instrumentation) (16’)

 

Hymne V (2018) 

Piccolo and xylophone (7’)

 

Souffle (2018) 

Contrabass clarinet and double bass (9')

 

Immer wieder Angst (2016)

Soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (10’), after Franz Kafka

 

Aux limites sourdes (2015)

Solo violin, percussion and three female voices (13’)

 

Entaille (2015) 

String quartet (17’)

 

Shlof (2015)

Vocal sextet (4’), after a Yiddish lullaby; excerpt from the monodrama Der Bau

 

Reflet (2014) 

Clarinet, violin and cello (8’30’’)

 

Dire II (2014)

Clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass (8’)

 

Dans la ligne des paupières (2013) 

Soprano and string quartet (16’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

 

 …an die Nacht I (2013)

Solo flute, string trio, piano and percussion (8’)

 

Dire I (2012)

Two pianos (8’)

 

L’élaboration du silence (2012) 

Three female voices or female chorus (4’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

 

L’amant et l’image / Objets III (2012)

Mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, percussion and violin (8’), after a poem by Claude Royet-Journoud 

 

Objets IV (2011)

Saxophone quartet (8’30’’)

 

Strates (2010) 

Mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord (6’30’’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach 

 

Césure : le corps (2010) 

Mezzo-soprano and violin (7’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

 

La voix extrême la lumière (2010)

Mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord (6’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

 

Hymne VI (2010)

Flute, piano and percussion (6’30’’)

 

Trois mouvements (2009) 

String quartet (2’30’’)

 

Objets II (2008) 

Cello octet (7’)

 

Répétition (2004-rév. 2010) 

Mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichord (7’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

Vocal ensemble

 

Echo (2020) 

Three choirs or ensembles (12 parts – free instrumentation) (16’)

 

Shlof (2015)

Vocal sextet (4’), after a Yiddish lullaby ; excerpt from the monodrama Der Bau

 

…an die Nacht II (2013)

Solo percussionist, four percussionists and mixed choir (9’), after a poem by Novalis

 

L’élaboration du silence (2012) 

Three female voices or female chorus (4’), after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach

 

Ma voix te suit (2011) 

A cappella choir (SATB) (7’), after a poem by Claude Royet-Journoud

Orchestra

 

Echo (2020) 

Three choirs or ensembles (12 parts – free instrumentation) (16’)

 

Der Bau (2015) 

Monodrama for narrator, vocal sextet and chamber orchestra (50’), from the Kafka novella Der Bau

 

La trajectoire du souffle (Figuration III) (2011)

Violin and large orchestra (10’)

 

Figurations (2009)

String trio and chamber orchestra (23’)

 

Figuration I (2007)

Cello and chamber orchestra (6’)

Cycles

 

Triptych after Kafka:

Der Bau, for narrator, vocal sextet and chamber orchestra

Immer wieder Angst, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Wie ein Toter, for cello

 

Le travail du silence cycle (after Roger Giroux):

L’épaisseur d’un cri, for traverso (baroque flute)

De miroir, d’absence, for viola da gamba

Cet abîme d’étoiles, for theorbo

L’évidence d’un regard, for harpsichord

Au seuil d’une parole, for recorder

Cette ligne imaginaire, for hammered dulcimer

[in progress], for portative organ

 

Les chiffres du corps triptych (after Anne-Marie Albiach):

Entaille, for string quartet

Souffle, for contrabass clarinet and double bass

Reflet, for clarinet, violin and cello

Trace, for double bass

 

Objets cycle:

Objets I, for bass clarinet

Objets II, for cello octet 

Objets III, for mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, percussion and violin

Objets IV, for saxophone quartet

 

Kardia diptych (after Kardia by Claude Royet-Journoud):

L’énigme et son sommeil, for soprano

Ma voix te suit, for a cappella choir (SATB)

 

Hymnes à la nuit cycle (after Hymnen an die Nacht by Novalis):

Hymne I, for flute

Hymne II, for percussion 

Hymne III [in progress], for piano and percussion 

Hymne IV [in progress], for piano

Hymne V [in progress], for flute and percussion

Hymne VI, for flute, piano and percussion

 

Mezza-Voce cycle (after Mezza Voce by Anne-Marie Albiach):

Césure : le corps, for mezzo-soprano and violin

Vertical et blanc I, for cello 

La voix extrême la lumière, for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord      

Vertical et blanc II, for viola 

Strates, for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord

Vertical et blanc III, for violin 

Répétition, for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichord

 

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