Froelicher André
(1959)
Genre: Classical Music
Biography
André Froelicher lived in Aarau until completion of his undergraduate education at the 'Alte Kantonschule'. His intensive studies at the Conservatoire supérieur de Musique de Genève (1979-1984) and at the University of Michigan under Ann Arbor in the USA (1984-1987) have turned him into one of those rare musical multi-talents with Master degrees in Piano Performance, composition and orchestral conducting; Diplôme de culture musicale (theory teacher's diploma) and master courses in piano and orchestral conducting.
As a guest conductor he has performed with various orchestras at home and abroad and recorded (amongst other things) a CD with the orchestral works of the Swiss composer Peter Mieg in 1991. He recorded Polish music from various centuries right up to the present day for Polish television together with the Archi da Camera chamber orchestra from Warsaw. In 2001 Froelicher conducted the world premiere of the Symphony in A major (1876) by the great romantic composer Edouard Munzinger who he rediscovered in his role as a publisher and conductor. The search for long forgotten musical pearls is one of his greatest passions.
His intensive years of study and his deepened musical experience have allowed him to find a very idiosyncratic compositional style, which is enjoyed by interpreters for its authentic, experienced and comprehensible musicality. Only serious interpreters are prepared to take on this audible challenge; lack of playing ability is ruthlessly apparent, an unmistakable sign of the implicit and generally scissile inner logic of his music. His compositional activities encompass all sorts of chamber music: pieces for piano, works for the harp, guitar, various solo wind instruments including the Alphorn, a string quartet, wind quintet and song cycles in English, French and German. His orchestral works have seen numerous performances throughout the USA, Italy and Poland. True to the instrument, his consciously traditional notation has been praised as exhibiting "a great technical knowledge, combined with a feeling for form and an enormous sense of sound."
As a guest conductor he has performed with various orchestras at home and abroad and recorded (amongst other things) a CD with the orchestral works of the Swiss composer Peter Mieg in 1991. He recorded Polish music from various centuries right up to the present day for Polish television together with the Archi da Camera chamber orchestra from Warsaw. In 2001 Froelicher conducted the world premiere of the Symphony in A major (1876) by the great romantic composer Edouard Munzinger who he rediscovered in his role as a publisher and conductor. The search for long forgotten musical pearls is one of his greatest passions.
His intensive years of study and his deepened musical experience have allowed him to find a very idiosyncratic compositional style, which is enjoyed by interpreters for its authentic, experienced and comprehensible musicality. Only serious interpreters are prepared to take on this audible challenge; lack of playing ability is ruthlessly apparent, an unmistakable sign of the implicit and generally scissile inner logic of his music. His compositional activities encompass all sorts of chamber music: pieces for piano, works for the harp, guitar, various solo wind instruments including the Alphorn, a string quartet, wind quintet and song cycles in English, French and German. His orchestral works have seen numerous performances throughout the USA, Italy and Poland. True to the instrument, his consciously traditional notation has been praised as exhibiting "a great technical knowledge, combined with a feeling for form and an enormous sense of sound."
Work list
Papillon (1979)
for flute
Duration: 1' 00"
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for flute
Duration: 1' 00"
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La petite phrase de Vinteuil (1979)
for violin and piano
Duration: 1' 30"
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for violin and piano
Duration: 1' 30"
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Le petit Minotaure (1978-1980)
3 exercises
for piano
Duration: 2' 00"
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3 exercises
for piano
Duration: 2' 00"
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Quatuor à cordes (string quartet) (1980)
Duration: 6' 00"
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Duration: 6' 00"
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2 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke (2 lieder after poems by Rainer Maria Rilke) (1981)
for female voice and piano
Duration: 4' 30"
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for female voice and piano
Duration: 4' 30"
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Rilke-Lieder (1981/91)
for soprano and strings
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 6' 00"
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for soprano and strings
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 6' 00"
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Sonate (1980-1982)
for piano
Duration: 2' 30"
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for piano
Duration: 2' 30"
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Der Nachbar (1982)
for baritone and violin
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 2' 00"
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for baritone and violin
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 2' 00"
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Nectarivores (1983)
for clarinet solo
Duration: 4' 30"
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for clarinet solo
Duration: 4' 30"
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Continuation des Amours (1983)
3 sonnets after Pierre de Ronsard
fo baritone and piano
Duration: 6' 00"
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3 sonnets after Pierre de Ronsard
fo baritone and piano
Duration: 6' 00"
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Poèmes à Lou d'après Apollinaire (1984)
for baritone and orchestra
Duration: 7' 30"
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for baritone and orchestra
Duration: 7' 30"
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Appendice des Amours (1984-1985)
for barintone and piano
A piece based on the Septiesme Livre des Poèmes (X) by Pierre de Ronsard.
Duration: 2' 00"
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for barintone and piano
A piece based on the Septiesme Livre des Poèmes (X) by Pierre de Ronsard.
Duration: 2' 00"
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Flirt (1984-1985)
for flute and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
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for flute and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
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Ouroboros (1984)
for bassoon
Duration: 6' 00"
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for bassoon
Duration: 6' 00"
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"Hickory, Dickory, Dock" (1985)
A Collection of Limericks
for baritone and piano
Duration: 10' 30"
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A Collection of Limericks
for baritone and piano
Duration: 10' 30"
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Cartoons (1985)
Music for a pocket ballet
for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Duration: 6' 30"
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Music for a pocket ballet
for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Duration: 6' 30"
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Trèfle à sept feuilles (1986)
Suggestions
for harp solo
Duration: 9' 30"
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Suggestions
for harp solo
Duration: 9' 30"
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Open Strings (1986)
for soprano and harp
Texts: Marc J. Sheehan
Duration: 5' 00"
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for soprano and harp
Texts: Marc J. Sheehan
Duration: 5' 00"
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Filaments (1986-1987)
for orchestra
Duration: 7' 00"
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for orchestra
Duration: 7' 00"
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Sakountala (1988)
for string orchestra
Duration: 8' 30"
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for string orchestra
Duration: 8' 30"
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Fun for Fritz (1987-1989)
A dozen piano pieces
Duration: 15' 00"
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A dozen piano pieces
Duration: 15' 00"
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Toccata Tinguely (1990)
for four-handed piano
Duration: 5' 00"
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for four-handed piano
Duration: 5' 00"
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Lullaby for a never born (1990)
Five Memories
for piano solo
Duration: 9' 30"
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Five Memories
for piano solo
Duration: 9' 30"
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Harmonie du soir (1991)
for alphorn solo
Duration: 3' 30"
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for alphorn solo
Duration: 3' 30"
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Cartes postales (1991)
Touristic views on the Swiss Jubilee
for flute, harp and marimba
Duration: 7' 30"
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Touristic views on the Swiss Jubilee
for flute, harp and marimba
Duration: 7' 30"
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Clarinfonietta (1991-1992)
for 2 clarinets
Duration: 7' 30"
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for 2 clarinets
Duration: 7' 30"
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Deux boîtes à musique pour Lionel (1992)
Small pieces
for piano
Duration: 2' 00"
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Small pieces
for piano
Duration: 2' 00"
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MULETA (1992)
for two guitars
Duration: 6' 00"
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for two guitars
Duration: 6' 00"
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Casual Concepts (1992)
Piano Pieces for the Ham-fisted
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Piano Pieces for the Ham-fisted
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Fanfare for a fair fan (1992)
for four trumpets
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for four trumpets
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Griottes (1992)
for guitar
Duration: 3' 00"
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for guitar
Duration: 3' 00"
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JimJimCembalo (1992-1996)
for Harpsichord
Duration: 11' 00"
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for Harpsichord
Duration: 11' 00"
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Whims and Fancies (1991-1997)
36 pieces
for piano
Duration: 25' 00"
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36 pieces
for piano
Duration: 25' 00"
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Tintinnabulary (1994-1997)
Musical spectacle
for 2 pianos
Duration: 7' 00"
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Musical spectacle
for 2 pianos
Duration: 7' 00"
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MorgensternE (2001)
Six lieder
for tenor and piano
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 14' 30"
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Six lieder
for tenor and piano
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 14' 30"
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Tongues on Fire (2002)
A Gobbledygook
for Wind Quintet
Duration: 7' 00"
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A Gobbledygook
for Wind Quintet
Duration: 7' 00"
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