Caroline Charrière

The evocative title La Forêt enchantée [The enchanted forest] came to me purely by chance and the subtitles followed spontaneously: 1. par un matin [One morning] , 2. dans le lointain, el...

Chamber Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 2(picc.),2(eh),2(bcl.),2 - 2.2.2.0 - timpani, piano (ad lib.) - strings This very melancholic piece opens with a melody made of 'mourning colore' notes which p...

This concertino was written with three different accompaniments to the same solo trumpet part (in Bb with an alternative part in C). This results in several performance possibilities: 1) Solo trumpet...

This concertino was written with three different accompaniments to the same solo trumpet part (in Bb with an alternative part in C). This results in several performance possibilities: 1) Solo trumpet...

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3(picc).3(eh).3(bcl).3(cbn) - 3.3.3.1-percussion (3), celesta, harp - strings Birth...The beginning of an existence. Mystery. The first breath. Germs of life...

The idea came to me suddenly: It would be Undine or Ophelia, in any case with a connection to water. When I reread the two stories, I decided on Shakespeare's heroine Ophelia, a touching portrayal of...

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

The initially calm atmosphere of the exposition gradually gives way to agitation, as arpeggios run from one instrument to the next, underscored by arpeggiated pizzicato chords. The piece comes to a cl...

Trumpet (C or Bb) and chamber orchestra or wind ensemble or piano Exact instrumentation: Orchestra Version: 1.1.0.1.-1.0.0.0 - timpani, strings - wind ensemble version: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,...

Victor Music for the stage for Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir by Roger Vitrac (1928) Between 2001 and 2006, Caroline Charrière wrote several pieces of music for the Théâtre des Osses in Fribourg, ei...

Victor Music for the stage for Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir by Roger Vitrac (1928) Between 2001 and 2006, Caroline Charrière wrote several pieces of music for the Théâtre des Osses in Fribourg, ei...

Laurent Estoppey and Virginie Falquet have asked me to write this piece and gave its premier in November, 2004 at the Théâtre de l'Oriental in Vevey, Switzerland. At the time, I was working with seria...

Laurent Estoppey and Virginie Falquet have asked me to write this piece and gave its premier in November, 2004 at the Théâtre de l'Oriental in Vevey, Switzerland. At the time, I was working with seria...

This piece has been written for Swiss saxphone player Laurent Estoppey, with whom Caroline Charrière cooperates since 1994. He gave its first performance together with pianist Virginie Falquet the 1st...

This piece has been written for Swiss saxphone player Laurent Estoppey, with whom Caroline Charrière cooperates since 1994. He gave its first performance together with pianist Virginie Falquet the 1st...

I wrote this short piece following a journey through Ireland. I was profoundly impressed by the overwhelming presence of water throughout that country, and when Laurent Estoppey asked me to write some...

I wrote this short piece following a journey through Ireland. I was profoundly impressed by the overwhelming presence of water throughout that country, and when Laurent Estoppey asked me to write some...

La Voix meurtrie (The Bruised Voice) is an important milestone in my personal history. The first four measures have been extrapolated from a harmony exercise done in 1984 during my studies with Jean B...