Froelicher André
(1959)
Genre: Musique Classique
Biographie
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."
Liste des oeuvres
Papillon (1979)
für Flöte
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für Flöte
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La petite phrase de Vinteuil (1979)
pour violon et piano
Durée: 1' 30"
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pour violon et piano
Durée: 1' 30"
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Le petit Minotaure (1978-1980)
3 études
pour piano
Durée: 2' 00"
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3 études
pour piano
Durée: 2' 00"
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Quatuor à cordes (1980)
Durée: 6' 00"
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Durée: 6' 00"
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2 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke (1981)
für Frauenstimme und Klavier
Durée: 4' 30"
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für Frauenstimme und Klavier
Durée: 4' 30"
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Rilke-Lieder (1981/91)
für Sopran und Streicher
Texte: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durée: 6' 00"
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für Sopran und Streicher
Texte: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durée: 6' 00"
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Sonate (1980-1982)
pour piano
Durée: 2' 30"
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pour piano
Durée: 2' 30"
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Der Nachbar (1982)
für Bariton und Violine
Texte: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durée: 2' 00"
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für Bariton und Violine
Texte: Rainer Maria Rilke
Durée: 2' 00"
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Nectarivores (1983)
pour clarinette seule
Durée: 4' 30"
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pour clarinette seule
Durée: 4' 30"
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Continuation des Amours (1983)
3 sonnets d'après Pierre de Ronsard
pour baryton et piano
Durée: 6' 00"
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3 sonnets d'après Pierre de Ronsard
pour baryton et piano
Durée: 6' 00"
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Poèmes à Lou d'après Apollinaire (1984)
pour baryton et orchestre
Durée: 7' 30"
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pour baryton et orchestre
Durée: 7' 30"
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Appendice des Amours (1984-1985)
pour baryton et piano
Pièce du Septiesme Livre des Poèmes (X) de Pierre de Ronsard.
Durée: 2' 00"
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pour baryton et piano
Pièce du Septiesme Livre des Poèmes (X) de Pierre de Ronsard.
Durée: 2' 00"
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Flirt (1984-1985)
pour flûte et piano
Durée: 7' 00"
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pour flûte et piano
Durée: 7' 00"
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Ouroboros (1984)
für Fagott
Durée: 6' 00"
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für Fagott
Durée: 6' 00"
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"Hickory, Dickory, Dock" (1985)
A Collection of Limericks
for baritone and piano
Durée: 10' 30"
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A Collection of Limericks
for baritone and piano
Durée: 10' 30"
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Cartoons (1985)
Music for a pocket ballet
for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Durée: 6' 30"
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Music for a pocket ballet
for small ensemble (cl, tpt, hn, vc, pf)
Durée: 6' 30"
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Trèfle à sept feuilles (1986)
Suggestions
pour harpe seule
Durée: 9' 30"
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Suggestions
pour harpe seule
Durée: 9' 30"
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Open Strings (1986)
for soprano and harp
Texte: Marc J. Sheehan
Durée: 5' 00"
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for soprano and harp
Texte: Marc J. Sheehan
Durée: 5' 00"
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Filaments (1986-1987)
for orchestra
Durée: 7' 00"
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for orchestra
Durée: 7' 00"
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Sakountala (1988)
pour orchestre à cordes
Durée: 8' 30"
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pour orchestre à cordes
Durée: 8' 30"
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Fun for Fritz (1987-1989)
A dozen piano pieces
Durée: 15' 00"
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A dozen piano pieces
Durée: 15' 00"
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Toccata Tinguely (1990)
für Klavier zu vier Händen
Durée: 5' 00"
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für Klavier zu vier Händen
Durée: 5' 00"
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Lullaby for a never born (1990)
Five Memories
for piano solo
Durée: 9' 30"
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Five Memories
for piano solo
Durée: 9' 30"
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Harmonie du soir (1991)
pour cor des alpes solo
Durée: 3' 30"
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pour cor des alpes solo
Durée: 3' 30"
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Cartes postales (1991)
Vues touristiques sur la Suisse jubilaire
pour flûte, harpe et marimba
Durée: 7' 30"
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Vues touristiques sur la Suisse jubilaire
pour flûte, harpe et marimba
Durée: 7' 30"
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Clarinfonietta (1991-1992)
für 2 Klarinetten
Durée: 7' 30"
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für 2 Klarinetten
Durée: 7' 30"
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Deux boîtes à musique pour Lionel (1992)
Petites pièces
pour piano
Durée: 2' 00"
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Petites pièces
pour piano
Durée: 2' 00"
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MULETA (1992)
für zwei Gitarren
Durée: 6' 00"
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für zwei Gitarren
Durée: 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)
für Gitarre
Durée: 3' 00"
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für Gitarre
Durée: 3' 00"
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JimJimCembalo (1992-1996)
for Harpsichord
Durée: 11' 00"
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for Harpsichord
Durée: 11' 00"
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Whims and Fancies (1991-1997)
36 Stücke
für Klavier
Durée: 25' 00"
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36 Stücke
für Klavier
Durée: 25' 00"
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Tintinnabulary (1994-1997)
Musikspektakel
für 2 Klaviere
Durée: 7' 00"
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Musikspektakel
für 2 Klaviere
Durée: 7' 00"
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MorgensternE (2001)
Sechs Lieder
für Tenor und Klavier
Texte: Christian Morgenstern
Durée: 14' 30"
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Sechs Lieder
für Tenor und Klavier
Texte: Christian Morgenstern
Durée: 14' 30"
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Tongues on Fire (2002)
A Gobbledygook
for Wind Quintet
Durée: 7' 00"
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A Gobbledygook
for Wind Quintet
Durée: 7' 00"
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