Jean-Pascal Chaigne
Jean-Pascal Chaigne (born 1977) is a French composer.
Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de
Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) and at the Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg (Lausanne Conservatory
) in Switzerland.
Works
Solo instrument
- De miroir, d’absence (2016) for viola da gamba
- L'énigme et son sommeil (2011, after Kardia by Claude Royet-Journoud) for soprano
- L'épaisseur d'un cri (2012) for traverso (baroque flute)
- Hymne I (2010) for flute
- Hymne II (2013) for percussion
- Objets I (2007) for bass clarinet
- Soit donc cela I (2013) for harpsichord
- Soit donc cela II (2013) for organ
- Trace (2014) for double bass
- Vertical et blanc I (2006-revised 2009) for cello
- Vertical et blanc II (2009) for viola
- Vertical et blanc III (2009-revised 2011) for violin
- Wie ein Toter (2013) for cello
Chamber ensemble
- ...an die Nacht I (2013) for solo flute, string trio, piano and percussion
- Aux limites sourdes (2015) for solo violin, percussion and three female voices
- Césure : le corps (2010, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for mezzo-soprano and violin
- Dans la ligne des paupières (2013, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for soprano and string quartet
- De sa disparition (2013) for female voice, Celtic harp and cello
- Dire I (2013) for two pianos
- Dire II (2014) for clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
- L'élaboration du silence (2012, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for three female voices or female chorus
- Entaille for string quartet (2015)
- Hymne III (in progress) for piano and percussion
- Hymne V (2018) for piccolo and xylophone
- Hymne VI (2010) for flute, piano and percussion
- Immer wieder Angst (2016, after Kafka) for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
- Objets II (2008) for cello octet
- Objets III - L'amant et l'image (2012, after a poem by Claude Royet-Journoud) for mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, percussion and violin
- Objets IV (2011) for saxophone quartet
- Reflet for clarinet, violin and cello (2014)
- Répétition (2004- revised 2010, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichord
- Strates (2010, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord
- Trois mouvements for string quartet (2009)
- La voix extrême la lumière (2010, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord
Orchestra / Vocal ensemble
- ...an die Nacht II (2013, after a poem by Novalis) for solo percussionist, four percussionists and mixed choir
- Der Bau (2011), monodrama for narrator, vocal sextet and orchestra, from the Franz Kafka's novella Der Bau
- L'élaboration du silence (2012, after a poem by Anne-Marie Albiach) for three female voices or female choir
- Figurations (2009) for string trio and chamber orchestra
- Figuration I (2007) for cello and chamber orchestra
- Figuration III / La trajectoire du souffle (2011) for violin and large orchestra
- Ma voix te suit (2011, after Kardia by Claude Royet-Journoud) for a cappella choir (SATB)
- Shlof (2015) for vocal sextet, after a Yiddish lullaby; excerpt from the monodrama Der Bau
- Ludwig van Beethoven Sonate 15 opus 28 n°1 (2003) [orchestration] for orchestra
- Arnold Schönberg Three pieces opus 11 n°1 (2004) [orchestration] for large orchestra
- Arnold Schönberg Three pieces opus 11 n°2 (2005) [orchestration] for large orchestra
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)
- Soit donc cela I, for harpsichord
- Soit donc cela II, for organ
- De miroir, d’absence, for viola da gamba
- Cet abîme d’étoiles, for theorbo [en cours d’écriture]
- 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
- 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
- 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 for piano and percussion
- Hymne IV for piano
- Hymne V for flute and percussion
- Hymne VI for flute, piano and percussion
- Les chiffres du corps triptych
- Trace for double bass
- Reflet for clarinet, violin and cello
- Entaille for string quartet
Awards
- Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation Prize (2009)
- Second Prize of the Mottini Competition 2012 for young composers
- Selected in the Ensemble Aleph’s 7th International Forum in 2014 for his composition Dire II.
Discography
- « Dédicaces » (2010): Jean-Marc Fessard, bass clarinet (Quantum – Codaex); Objets I for bass clarinet is recorded on this CD
