Caroline Charrière

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...

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...

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,...

Mezzo-Soprano and Piano.

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...

Arranging and harmonizing are two activities inextricably linked to the practice of music. It was only towards the end of the 19th century, with the emergence of the genius' cult, that people began to...

The beginning is taken from one of my previous works (1994) written for women's choir with harp and incorporated into this Libera me, with the addition of two horns. The first performance was given in...

Arranging and harmonizing are two activities inextricably linked to the practice of music. It was only towards the end of the 19th century, with the emergence of the genius' cult, that people began to...

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...

The undines, whose name derives from the Latin word unda [wave], are water nymphs in Germanic or Alsatian mythology. This work for women choir (Soprani 1 & 2, Alti 1 & 2), flute and harp has two disti...

The undines, whose name derives from the Latin word unda [wave], are water nymphs in Germanic or Alsatian mythology. This work for women choir (Soprani 1 & 2, Alti 1 & 2), flute and harp has two disti...

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,...

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,...

Suissitude (Swissness) What makes an identity? I have created 4 various musical descriptions expressing my concepts of Switzerland, and what seems to me is the essence of each section of the country a...

Suissitude (Swissness) What makes an identity? I have created 4 various musical descriptions expressing my concepts of Switzerland, and what seems to me is the essence of each section of the country a...

This piece, with its unexpected accompaniment by a string quartet, is one of the composer's last. With the quartet Ophelia (2006), she had acquired full mastery of writing for strings, which she uses...

This piece, with its unexpected accompaniment by a string quartet, is one of the composer's last. With the quartet Ophelia (2006), she had acquired full mastery of writing for strings, which she uses...

The Book of Job is my greatest work, the longest too. I have the impression of having achieved, succeeded in many things' said Caroline Charriere shortly before the creation of the work, which she con...

The Book of Job is my greatest work, the longest too. I have the impression of having achieved, succeeded in many things' said Caroline Charriere shortly before the creation of the work, which she con...