Musinfo: Composers

Racine Philippe

(1958)

Racine Philippe

Genre: Classical Music

Professional activity: Composers, Interpreters

Biography

* 1958.

Philippe Racine studied flute in Basel and Paris. He is one of the most multifaceted musicians of his generation, not only is he a brilliant interpreter of the traditional flute repertoire, but also a dedicated advocate of present-day music - jazz and improvisation included. This diversity inevitably brought him into contact with musicians such as Ernesto Molinari, Heinz Holliger, Jürg Wyttenbach, Thomas Demenga, Andràs Schiff, Bruno Canino, Brigitte Meyer et al. together with whom he regularly performs. Philippe Racine appears performing as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Canada, the USA, Latin America and the Middle East. A remarkable discography and various radio & television productions lay testament to his extraordinary musicality.
Philippe Racine's activities additionally include composition. His works have been embraced with enthusiasm at international festivals for new music. "Promenade", his violin concert with the French violinist Raphaël Oleg as soloist, met with great success when it was performed at the Lucerne Festival in September 2001.
Philippe Racine teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts and lives in Paris.

Work list

Chanson Triste (1992)

Instrumentation: for flute

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D-Tonation (1995)

Instrumentation: for flute solo

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript

Promenade (2000-2001)

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo and ensemble (2.1.1.bcl.1/1.1.1.0/perc.cel/2.1.1.1)

Duration: 28' 00"
Manuscript

3 Lieder (2001)

Instrumentation: for voice and piano

Texts: Robert Walser

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript

Absences (2003)

Instrumentation: for 12-part choir and flute/bass flute

Texts: Paul Eluard, Guillaume Apollinaire

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

Des Astres (2003-2004)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

Chansons à Lou (2004)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, flute (pic, bfl), violin (va), violoncello and piano

Texts: Guillaume Apollinaire

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

Volons le ciel (2005)

Instrumentation: for 2 violins

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

Trois Axes (2006)

Instrumentation: for 3 alto saxophones

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

L'Humeur vagabonde (2009-2010)

Instrumentation: for flute and double bass

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

À corps perdu (2010)

Instrumentation: for alto sax solo

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

Poème de l'usure (2010)

Instrumentation: for orchestra /1.1.1.bcl.1/1.1.1.0/perc/hp/str[2,1,1,1])

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

En attendant l'aube (2012)

Concert

Instrumentation: for flute and small ensemble (cl/perc/pf/vn.vc)

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

presto - pensoso (2012)

Instrumentation: for string orchestra

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript

Des amours (2012-2013)

Instrumentation: for large orchestra (pic.2.2.2.bcl.2/4.4.3.1/3timp.perc/hp/str[16,14,12,10,8])

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

Discography

Sator (Telos Nr. 125, 2006)

Interpreters:

Hefti, David Philip
Wandeler, Valentin
Würsch, Matthias
Racine, Philippe
Collegium Novum Zürich

Works:

Hefti, David Philip: Diarium (1999)
Hefti, David Philip: SATOR (SATOR-Zyklus - Teil 1) (2002)
Hefti, David Philip: O, star! (Mosaik-Zyklus - Teil 1) (2003)
Hefti, David Philip: Melencolia I (2004)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

René Wohlhauser - in statu mutandi, Werkauswahl 1978-1993 (Creative Works Records Nr. CW 1026, 1996)

Interpreters:

Wohlhauser, René
Racine, Philippe
Cholette, Daniel
Hefti, Jakob
Clemann, Monika
Molinari, Ernesto
Kaiser, Ludwig
Siegenthaler, Stephan
Wagner, Donna
Arditti, Irvine
Alberman, David
Knox, Garth
de Saram, Rohan
Verkade, Gary
Kutterer, Siegfried
Huber, Gerhard
Kuhn, Dennis
Henzold, Olaf
Sinfonieorchester Luzern