List of compositions by Jean Françaix
Below is a list of compositions by Jean Françaix. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and titles.
Scores by Françaix are published mainly by Schott Music, Éditions Transatlantiques, Éditions Max Eschig and Éditions Gérard Billaudot.
Genre | Date | Original title | English title | Scoring | Notes |
Vocal | 1932 | Cinq chansons pour les enfants | 5 Songs for Children | children's chorus and piano | words by the composer |
Concertante | 1932 | Concertino pour piano et orchestre | Concertino | piano and orchestra | dedicated to Nadia Boulanger; choreographed by George Balanchine as the ballet Concertino in 1952 |
Keyboard | 1932 | Scherzo | Scherzo | piano | dedicated to Isidor Philipp |
Ballet | 1933 | Beach | Beach | libretto after René Kerdyk | |
Chamber music | 1933 | Divertissement pour trio à cordes et piano | Divertissement | violin, viola, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1933 | Quatuor à vents | Quartet for Winds | flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon | |
Ballet | 1933 | Scuola di ballo | Scuola di ballo | based on themes by Luigi Boccherini; libretto after the comedy La scuola di ballo by Carlo Goldoni; written for Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo | |
Keyboard | 1933, 1966 | Scuola di ballo | Scuola di ballo | 2 pianos | originally a ballet |
Chamber music | 1933 | Septett | Septet | flute, oboe, bassoon, 2 violins, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1933 | Trio à cordes | String Trio | violin, viola and cello | |
Chamber music | 1934 | Quintette n° 1 pour flûte, harpe et trio à cordes | Flute Quintet No. 1 | flute, violin, viola, cello and harp | |
Orchestral | 1934 | Sérénade pour petit orchestre | Sérénade | chamber orchestra | choreographed by George Balanchine as the ballet À la Françaix in 1951 |
Chamber music | 1934 | Sérénade pour violoncelle et piano | Sérénade | cello and piano | adapted by Maurice Gendron from the Sérénade for chamber orchestra |
Chamber music | 1934 | Sonatine pour violon et piano | Sonatina | violin and piano | |
Concertante | 1934 | Suite pour violon et orchestre | Suite | violin and orchestra | |
Vocal | 1934 | Trois duos | 3 Duos | 2 sopranos, 2 violins, viola and cello | 1. words by Aristophanes 2. words by Sainte Tulle 3. words by Homer |
Concertante | 1935 | Divertissement pour trio à cordes et orchestre | Divertissement | violin, viola, cello and orchestra | |
Concertante | 1935 | Fantaisie pour violoncelle et orchestre | Fantaisie | cello and orchestra | |
Ballet | 1935 | Le roi nu | The Naked King | in 1 act, 4 scenes; libretto and choreography by Serge Lifar after The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen | |
Ballet | 1935 | Les malheurs de Sophie | Sophie's Misfortunes | in 3 scenes; libretto by G. Flévitzky after the novel by Comtesse de Ségur; dedicated to Madame la Comtesse Jean Pastré | |
Chamber music | 1935 | Petit quatuor de saxophones | Little Quartet of Saxophones | 4 saxophones | |
Chamber music | 1935, 1992 | Petit quatuor pour clarinettes et cor de basset | Little Quartet | 2 clarinets, basset horn and bass clarinet | original for 4 saxophones |
Concertante | 1935 | Quadruple concerto | Quadruple Concerto | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra | |
Keyboard | 1936 | Cinq portraits de jeunes filles | 5 Portraits of Young Girls | piano | dedicated to Isidor Philipp |
Concertante | 1936 | Concerto pour piano et orchestre | Concerto | piano and orchestra | dedicated to Nadia Boulanger |
Ballet | 1936 | La lutherie enchantée | La lutherie enchantée | in 1 scene; dedicated to Sonja Korty | |
Ballet | 1936 | Le jeu sentimental | Le jeu sentimental | in 7 movements; libretto by the composer | |
Opera | 1937 | Le diable boiteux | The Devil upon Two Sticks | tenor, bass and chamber orchestra | Comic Chamber Opera after the novel by Alain-René Le Sage; dedicated to Princesse Edmond de Polignac |
Film score | 1937 | Les perles de la couronne | The Pearls of the Crown | directed by Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque | |
Chamber music | 1937 | Musique de cour | Musique de cour | flute, violin and piano | also for flute, violin and orchestra |
Concertante | 1937 | Musique de cour | Musique de cour | flute, violin and orchestra | also for flute, violin and piano |
Ballet | 1938 | Le jugement d'un fou | Le jugement d'un fou | in 1 act; libretto after François Rabelais | |
Chamber music | 1938 | Quatuor à cordes | String Quartet | 2 violins, viola and cello | |
Ballet | 1938 | Verreries de Venise | Verreries de Venise | in 1 scene after Mme. Fauchier-Magnan | |
Vocal | 1938 | Trois épigrammes | 3 Epigrams | soprano or tenor and piano | 1. words by Clément Marot 2. words by Charles d'Orléans 3. words by Joachim du Bellay |
Choral | 1939 | L'apocalypse selon St. Jean | The Apocalypse according to St. John | 4 soloists, mixed chorus and 2 orchestras | Oratorio fantastique in 3 parts; setting of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine |
Keyboard | 1939 | L'apocalypse selon St. Jean | The Apocalypse according to St. John | organ and 2 trumpets | Suite arranged by Jürgen Essl |
Opera | 1940 | L'apostrophe | The Apostrophe | Musical Comedy; libretto after Honoré de Balzac | |
Vocal | 1941 | L'adolescence clémentine, Cinq poêmes de Clément Marot | L'Adolescence clémentine, 5 Poems of Clément Marot | baritone and piano | words by Clément Marot; dedicated to Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc |
Chamber music | 1942 | Divertissement pour basson et quintette à cordes | Divertissement | bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | dedicated to William Waterhouse |
Concertante | 1942 | Divertissement pour basson et orchestre à cordes | Divertissement | bassoon and string orchestra | dedicated to William Waterhouse |
Film score | 1942 | Le Lit à colonnes | Le Lit à colonnes | directed by Roland Tual | |
Chamber music | 1944 | Mouvement perpétuel | Mouvement perpétuel | cello and piano | |
Opera | 1945 | La main de gloire | The Hand of Glory | after the novel by Gérard de Nerval | |
Vocal | 1946 | Cinq poémes de Charles d'Orléans | 5 Poems of Charles d'Orléans | voice and piano | words by Charles d'Orléans |
Vocal | 1946 | Invocation à la volupté | Invocation à la volupté | baritone and orchestra | words by Jean de La Fontaine |
Orchestral | 1946 | La douce France, Suite pour orchestre | La douce France, Suite | orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1946 | Les bosquets de Cythère, Sept valses pour orchestre | The Groves of Cythera, 7 Waltzes | orchestra | |
Concertante | 1946 | Rhapsodie pour alto et orchestre | Rhapsodie | viola and orchestra | transcribed for viola and piano by the composer in 1993 |
Chamber music | 1993 | Rhapsodie pour alto et piano | Rhapsodie | viola and piano | original for viola and orchestra |
Chamber music | 1947 | Divertissement pour hautbois, clarinette et basson | Divertissement | oboe, clarinet and bassoon | |
Vocal | 1947 | Juvenalia, Scènes de la Rome antique | Juvenalia, Scenes from Ancient Rome | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and piano 4-hands | words by Juvenal |
Keyboard | 1947 | Éloge de la danse, Six épigraphes de Paul Valéry | In Praise of Dancing, 6 Epigraphs by Paul Valéry | piano | dedicated to François Valéry |
Chamber music | 1947 | L'heure du berger, Musique de brasserie | The Shepherd's Hour, Brewery Music | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano | also arranged for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn, trombone and piano by Friedrich Wanek |
Concertante | 1947 | L'heure du berger, Musique de brasserie | The Shepherd's Hour, Brewery Music | piano and orchestra | |
Vocal | 1947 | Prière du soir et Chanson | Prière du soir and Chanson | tenor and guitar | dedicated to Hugues Cuénod and Hermann Leeb 1. words by Agrippa d'Aubigné 2. words by Clément Marot |
Ballet | 1948 | Les demoiselles de la nuit, Ballet de chats | The Ladies of the Night, Ballet for Cats | in 1 act, 2 scenes; based on an idea by Jean Anouilh | |
Chamber music | 1948 | Quintette à vent n° 1 | Wind Quintet No. 1 | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | |
Orchestral | 1948 | Symphonie d'archets | Symphonie d'archets | string orchestra | |
Vocal | 1949 | Huit anecdotes de Chamfort | 8 Anecdotes of Chamfort | baritone and piano | words by Nicolas Chamfort; dedicated to Alexis Roland-Manuel |
Vocal | 1949 | Scherzo impromptu | Scherzo impromptu | baritone or bass and piano | song from the collaborative work Mouvements du cœur: Un hommage à la mémoire de Frédéric Chopin, 1849–1949; words by Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin |
Ballet | 1950 | Die Kamelien | The Camellias | Pantomime for actors in 6 scenes with string orchestra; libretto by Sonia Korty | |
Film score | 1950 | Les fêtes galantes | Les fêtes galantes | short film directed by Jean Aurel | |
Orchestral | 1950 | Les zigues de Mars, Petit ballet militaire à la mémoire de Courteline | Les zigues de Mars, Little Military Ballet in Memory of Courteline | orchestra | dedication: "Pour Paul Bonneau et son orchestre" |
Choral | 1950 | L'ode à la Gastronomie | L'ode à la Gastronomie | mixed chorus a cappella | words by the composer after La physiologie du goût by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin |
Concertante | 1950 | Variations de concert | Variations de Concert | cello and string orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1950 | Sonatine pour trompette et piano | Sonatina | trumpet and piano | withdrawn; revised in 1975 as Prélude, sarabande et gigue |
Ballet | 1951 | À la Françaix | À la Françaix | choreographed by George Balanchine using the 1934 orchestral score Sérénade pour petit orchestre | |
Transcription | 1951 | Introduction et polonaise brillante, Op. 3 | Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 | cello and orchestra | original work for cello and piano by Frédéric Chopin |
Chamber music | 1951 | Nocturne | Nocturne | cello and piano | adapted by Maurice Gendron from the ballet "Les demoiselles de la nuit" |
Vocal | 1952 | La cantate de Méphisto | La cantate de Méphisto | bass and string orchestra | words from Mon Faust by Paul Valéry; dedicated to American bass Doda Conrad |
Ballet | 1952 | Le roi Midas | King Midas | libretto after Jean-Étienne Daviel | |
Chamber music | 1953 | Berceuse | Berceuse | cello and piano | adapted by Maurice Gendron from the opera "L'apostrophe" |
Chamber music | 1953 | Canon à l'octave | Canon in Octave | horn and piano | |
Chamber music | 1953 | Divertimento pour flûte et piano | Divertimento | flute and piano | dedicated to Jean-Pierre Rampal; orchestrated in 1974 at the request of Ransom Wilson. |
Concertante | 1974 | Divertimento pour flûte et orchestre | Divertimento | flute and orchestra | original for flute and piano ; dedicated to Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Orchestra of La Jolla |
Keyboard | 1954 | Napoléon | Napoléon | piano 4-hands | Suite from the film by Sacha Guitry |
Opera | 1954 | Paris, à nous deux!, ou Le nouveau Rastignac | Paris, à nous deux!, ou Le nouveau Rastignac | soloists, chorus and 4 saxophones | Opera buffa in 1 act, 2 scenes; libretto by France Roche and the composer |
Film score | 1955 | Napoléon | Napoléon | directed by Sacha Guitry | |
Orchestral | 1955 | Sérénade B E A | Sérénade B E A | string orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1956 | Au musée Grévin | At the Musée Grévin | orchestra | Suite from the short film by Jacques Demy |
Vocal | 1956 | Déploration de tonton | Lamentation of Tonton | mezzo-soprano and string ensemble | words by Georges Ravon |
Keyboard | 1956 | Marche solennelle | Marche Solennelle | organ | transcribed for wind orchestra by Paul Semler-Collery |
Chamber music | 1956 | Prélude en la mineur | Prélude in A minor | guitar solo | |
Film score | 1956 | Si Paris nous était conté | If Paris Were Told to Us | directed by Sacha Guitry | |
Orchestral | 1956 | Six grandes marches dans le style du Premier Empire | 6 Grand Marches | orchestra | Suite from the film Napoléon by Sacha Guitry 6. transcribed for wind orchestra by Paul Semler-Collery |
Keyboard | 1956 | Six grandes marches dans le style du Premier Empire | 6 Grand Marches | piano | from the film Napoléon by Sacha Guitry |
Film score | 1957 | Assassins et voleurs | Lovers and Thieves | directed by Sacha Guitry | |
Vocal | 1957 | La chatte blanche | The White Cat | tenor and piano or chamber orchestra | based on the fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy |
Keyboard | 1957 | Huit danses exotiques | 8 Exotic Dances | 2 pianos | transcription for wind ensemble |
Chamber music | 1981 | Huit danses exotiques | 8 Exotic Dances | flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet and percussion | original for 2 pianos |
Ballet | 1957 | La dame dans la lune | La dame dans la lune | orchestra | libretto on an idea of Roland Petit |
Keyboard | 1958 | Danse des trois arlequins | Danse des trois arlequins | piano | |
Film score | 1958 | Le Musée Grévin | Le Musée Grévin | orchestra | short film directed by Jacques Demy |
Concertante | 1959 | Concerto pour clavecin et orchestre | Harpsichord Concerto | harpsichord and instrumental ensemble | dedicated to Nadia Boulanger |
Concertante | 1959 | Divertimento pour cor et orchestre | Divertimento | horn and orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1959 | Divertimento pour cor et piano | Divertimento | horn and piano | |
Film score | 1959 | La prima notte | Venetian Honeymoon | orchestra | directed by Alberto Cavalcanti; French title: Les noces vénitiennes |
Concertante | 1959 | L'horloge de flore | L'horloge de flore | oboe and orchestra | |
Film score | 1960 | Le dialogue des carmélites | Dialogue with the Carmelites | directed by Philippe Agostini and Raymond Léopold Bruckberger | |
Orchestral | 1960 | Le dialogue des carmélites | Dialogue with the Carmelites | orchestra | Suite from the film |
Orchestral | 1960 | Ode sur la naissance de Vénus | Ode sur la naissance de Vénus | string orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1960 | Scuola di celli, Dix pièces | Scuola di celli, 10 Pieces | 10 cellos | |
Keyboard | 1960 | Sonate pour piano | Sonata | piano | dedicated to İdil Biret |
Transcription | 1960 | Souvenir de Munich | Souvenir de Munich | orchestra | original for piano 4-hands, Souvenirs de Munich, by Emmanuel Chabrier |
Keyboard | 1960 | Suite carmélite | Suite carmélite | organ | dedicated to Pierre Cochereau |
Film score | 1960 | XYZ | XYZ | short film directed by Philippe Lifchitz | |
Chamber music | 1961 | Cinq danses exotiques | 5 Exotic Dances | alto saxophone and piano | dedicated to Marcel Mule |
Film score | 1962 | La croix et la bannière | La croix et la bannière | directed by Philippe Ducrest | |
Transcription | 1962 | L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant | The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant | narrator and orchestra | original for narrator and piano by Francis Poulenc |
Chamber music | 1962 | Suite pour flûte | Suite | flute solo | |
Chamber music | 1962 | Fantaisie pour violoncelle et piano | Fantaisie | cello and piano | piano reduction from Fantaisie for cello and orchestra |
Vocal | 1963 | La grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le bœuf | The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as an Ox | soprano or tenor and piano, or 2 tenors, 2 baritones and piano | story by Jean de La Fontaine |
Choral | 1963 | La grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le bœuf | The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as an Ox | male chorus and piano | story by Jean de La Fontaine |
Vocal | 1963 | Le coq et le renard | The Rooster and the Fox | soprano or tenor and piano, or 2 tenors, 2 baritones and piano | story by Jean de La Fontaine |
Choral | 1963 | Le coq et le renard | The Rooster and the Fox | male chorus and piano | story by Jean de La Fontaine |
Chamber music | 1963 | Le coq et le renard | The Rooster and the Fox | 4 bassoons | |
Orchestral | 1963 | Six préludes | 6 Préludes | string orchestra | |
Opera | 1964 | La princesse de Clèves | La Princesse de Clèves | in 4 acts; based on the novel by Madame de La Fayette | |
Transcription | 1964 | Preludio et momento capriccioso | Preludio et Momento capriccioso | 2 violins, viola, cello and harp | original for piano by Carl Maria von Weber |
Ballet | 1965 | Adages et variations | Adages et Variations | after Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff | |
Keyboard | 1965 | Cinq "Bis" | 5 Encores | piano | dedicated to Nadia Boulanger |
Concertante | 1965 | Concerto pour deux pianos et orchestre | Concerto | 2 pianos and orchestra | |
Film score | 1965 | Lady L | Lady L | directed by Peter Ustinov | |
Concertante | 1966 | Concerto pour flûte et orchestre | Concerto | flute and orchestra | |
Concertante | 1967 | Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre | Concerto | clarinet and orchestra | dedicated to Fernand Oubradous; premiere given by clarinetist Jacques Lancelot in 1968 |
Ballet | 1967 | Le croupier amoureux | Le croupier amoureux | in 1 act; libretto by François-Régis Bastide | |
Transcription | 1967 | 24 Préludes, Op. 28 | 24 Préludes, Op. 28 | orchestra | original for piano by Frédéric Chopin |
Concertante | 1969 | Jeu poétique en six mouvements | Jeu poétique en six mouvements | harp and orchestra | dedicated to Pearl Chertok |
Concertante | 1970 | Concerto n° 1 pour violon et orchestre | Violin Concerto No. 1 | violin and orchestra | dedicated to Roger André |
Chamber music | 1970 | Quatuor pour cor anglais, violon, alto et violoncelle | English horn Quartet | English horn, violin, viola and cello | dedicated to Janet Craxton |
Vocal | 1971 | Les inestimables chroniques du bon géant Gargantua | The Inestimable Chronicles of the Good Giant Gargantua | narrator and string orchestra | story after Gargantua by François Rabelais |
Keyboard | 1971 | Quinze portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir | 15 Portraits of Children from Auguste Renoir | piano 4-hands | inspried by pictures of children by Auguste Renoir; suitable for teaching |
Orchestral | 1971 | Quinze portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir | 15 Portraits of Children from Auguste Renoir | string orchestra | inspried by pictures of children by Auguste Renoir |
Chamber music | 1971 | Sept danses, Dixtuor à vent | 7 Dances, Wind Dectet | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons | after the 1935 ballet Les malheurs de Sophie; dedicated to Klaus Rainer Schöll |
Orchestral | 1971 | Thème et variations pour orchestre | Theme and Variations | orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1971 | Trio pour flûte, harpe et violoncelle | Trio | flute, cello and harp | dedicated to Trio Nordmann |
Chamber music | 1972 | Octuor | Octet | clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | "dédié à l'Octuor de Paris et composé à la mémoire vénérée de Franz Schubert" |
Orchestral | 1973 | La ville mystérieuse, Fantaisie pour grand orchestre | La ville mystérieuse, Fantasy | orchestra | based on a novella by Jules Verne |
Chamber music | 1973 | Neuf pièces caractéristiques, Dixtuor à vent | 9 Character Pieces, Wind Dectet | 2 flutes, 2 oboes 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns | |
Transcription | 1973 | Six impromptus et moments musicaux | 6 Impromptus and Moments Musicaux | flute, violin, viola, cello and harp | original works for piano by Franz Schubert |
Chamber music | 1974 | Aubade | Aubade | 12 cellos | dedicated to the cello section of the Berlin Philharmonic "pour mes célèbres Interprètes " |
Concertante | 1974 | Concerto pour contrebasse et orchestre | Concerto | double bass and orchestra | dedicated to double bassist Wolfgang Güttler |
Concertante | 1974 | Impromptu pour flûte et orchestre à cordes | Impromptu | flute and string orchestra | published 1983 |
Concertante | 1974 | Le gay Paris | Le gay Paris | trumpet and wind instruments | |
Chamber music | 1974 | Passacaille | Passacaille | guitar solo | |
Chamber music | 1974 | Tema con variazioni | Theme and Variations | clarinet and piano | orchestrated in 1978 |
Concertante | 1978 | Tema con variazioni | Theme and Variations | clarinet and orchestra | original version for clarinet and piano |
Orchestral | 1975 | Cassazione per 3 orchestre | Cassazione | 3 orchestras | |
Transcription | 1975 | Cinq sonates | 5 Sonatas | flute, violin, viola, cello and harp | original for piano by Domenico Scarlatti |
Chamber music | 1975 | Cinque piccoli duetti | 5 Little Duets | flute and harp | dedicated to Christian Lardé and Marie-Claire Jamet |
Keyboard | 1975 | De la musique avant toute chose, Dix pièces enfantines | 10 Pieces for Children to Play and Dream | piano | |
Chamber music | 1975 | Prélude, sarabande et gigue | Prélude, sarabande et gigue | trumpet and piano | revision of Sonatine pour trompette et piano ; also orchestrated |
Concertante | 1975 | Prélude, sarabande et gigue | Prélude, sarabande et gigue | trumpet and orchestra | original for trumpet and piano; revision of Sonatine pour trompette et piano |
Concertante | 1976 | Chaconne | Chaconne | harp and 11 string instruments | |
Concertante | 1976 | Concerto grosso | Concerto grosso | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and orchestra | |
Vocal | 1976 | La promenade à Versailles, Cantate | La promenade à Versailles, Cantata | 2 tenors, 2 baritones and 11 string instruments | words by Jean de La Fontaine |
Chamber music | 1976 | Thème varié | Theme and Variations | double bass solo | |
Concertante | 1976 | Variations sur un thème plaisant | Variations sur un thème plaisant | piano and 2 flutes, 2 oboes 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons | |
Keyboard | 1977 | Deux pièces pour clavecin | 2 Pieces | harpsichord | dedicated to Joël Forgues |
Chamber music | 1977 | Quintette pour clarinette en si et quatuor à cordes | Clarinet Quintet | clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello | dedicated to Eduard Brunner |
Chamber music | 1977 | Sept impromptus | 7 Impromptus | flute and bassoon | |
Concertante | 1978 | Concerto pour deux harpes et orchestre | Concerto | 2 harps and orchestra | |
Vocal | 1978 | La cantate des Vieillards | La cantate des Vieillards | tenor, bass and 11 string instruments | based on works by Guy de Maupassant |
Orchestral | 1978 | Ouverture anacréontique | Ouverture anacréontique | orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1978 | Quasi improvvisando | Quasi improvvisando | flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns and trumpet | dedicated to conductor Heinz Zeebe |
Chamber music | 1978 | Serenata | Serenata | guitar solo | |
Chamber music | 1978 | Suite pour harpe | Suite | harp solo | dedicated to Bernard Galais |
Concertante | 1979 | Concerto pour basson et 11 instruments à cordes | Bassoon Concerto | bassoon and 11 string instruments | dedicated to bassoonist and composer Maurice Allard |
Concertante | 1979 | Concerto n° 2 pour violon et ensemble instrumental | Violin Concerto No. 2 | violin and instrumental ensemble | |
Chamber music | 1979 | Les petits Paganini | Les petits Paganini | violin solo and 4 violins | |
Chamber music | 1979 | Petite valse européenne pour tuba et double quintette à vents | Little European Waltz | tuba and double wind quintet | |
Chamber music | 1980 | Duo baroque | Duo baroque | double bass and harp | |
Chamber music | 1980 | Huit bagatelles | 8 Bagatelles | 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1980 | Marche triomphale | Marche Triomphale | 4 trumpets and organ | |
Ballet | 1980 | Pierrot ou les secrets de la nuit | Pierrot ou les secrets de la nuit | orchestra | in 1 act for 3 dancers; libretto by Michel Tournier |
Chamber music | 1980 | Tema con 8 variazioni | Theme and 8 Variations | violin solo | dedicated to Michael Goldstein |
Chamber music | 1981 | Mozart new-look, Petite fantaisie pour contrebasse et instruments à vent sur la Sérénade de "Don Giovanni" | Mozart New-Look, Little Fantasy on the Serenade from "Don Giovanni" | double bass and wind dectet | based on the aria "Deh, vieni alla finestra" from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and also quotes the aria "Près des remparts de Séville" from act I of Carmen by Georges Bizet |
Vocal | 1981 | Psyché, Féerie pour récitant et orchestre | Psyché, Fable | narrator and orchestra | story by Jean de La Fontaine |
Chamber music | 1982 | Divertissement pour deux guitares | Divertissement | 2 guitars | |
Keyboard | 1982 | Huit variations sur le nom de Johannes Gutenberg | 8 Variations on the Name of Johannes Gutenberg | piano | thematic material is a musical cryptogram on the name of Johannes Gutenberg |
Chamber music | 1982 | Onze variations sur un thème de Haydn | 11 Variations on a Theme of Haydn | 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet and double bass | based on movement I of the Surprise Symphony by Joseph Haydn |
Choral | 1982 | Trois poèmes de Paul Valéry | 3 Poems of Paul Valéry | mixed chorus a cappella | words by Paul Valéry |
Concertante | 1982–1983 | Concerto pour guitare et orchestre à cordes | Guitar Concerto | guitar and string orchestra | premiered by Narciso Yepes on May 25, 1984 at the Schwetzinger Festspiele |
Concertante | 1983 | Concerto pour trombone et 10 instruments à vent | Trombone Concerto | trombone and 10 wind instruments | recording premiere by Mark Eager and BBC NOW in 1995 |
Keyboard | 1983 | Trois esquisses sur les touches blanches, de difficulté progressive, à l'intention des jeunes pianistes | 3 Sketches on the White Keys | piano | progressive difficulty; intended for students |
Transcription | 1984 | Huit pièces pittoresques | 8 Pièces pittoresques | 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon and 2 horns | original Pièces pittoresques for piano by Emmanuel Chabrier |
Chamber music | 1984 | Hommage à l'ami Papageno, Fantaisie sur les thèmes favoris de "La flûte enchantée" de W.A. Mozart pour piano et dix instruments à vent | Homage to Our Friend Papageno, Fantasia on Favorite Themes of "The Magic Flute" by Mozart | 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns and piano | based on various themes from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Chamber music | 1984 | Musique pour faire plaisir | Musique pour faire plaisir | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns | based on piano works of Francis Poulenc 1. Valse en ut from Album des Six 2. Élégie for 2 pianos and Mélancholie 3. L'embarquement pour Cythère for 2 pianos |
Chamber music | 1984 | Sonate pour flûte à bec et guitare | Flute Sonata | recorder and guitar | dedicated to Charles Limouse and Alain Prévost |
Keyboard | 1984 | Suite profane | Suite profane | organ | |
Orchestral | 1985 | Ode à la Liberté | Ode à la Liberté | wind orchestra | |
Transcription | 1985 | Élégie | Élégie | 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | original work by Emmanuel Chabrier |
Transcription | 1985 | Habanera | Habanera | cello and piano | original for piano by Emmanuel Chabrier |
Keyboard | 1986 | Messe de mariage | Messe de Mariage | organ | composed for the wedding of composer and organist Thomas Daniel Schlee at Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris |
Chamber music | 1986 | Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano | Piano Trio | violin, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1987 | Dixtuor pour quintette à vent et quintette à cordes | Dectet | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | |
Transcription | 1987 | Trois marches militaires | 3 Milatary Marches | flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon and 2 horns | original work by Franz Schubert |
Keyboard | 1987 | La promenade d'un musicologue éclectique | The Eclectic Musicologist Takes a Stroll | piano | dedicated to Emile Naoumoff |
Chamber music | 1987 | Noël nouvelet et Il est né, le Divin Enfant, Deux improvisations | Noël nouvelet and Il est né, le Divin Enfant, 2 Improvisations | 12 cellos | dedicated to the cello section of the Berlin Philharmonic |
Chamber music | 1987, 1990 | Notturno e Divertimento | Notturno e Divertimento | 4 horns | |
Orchestral | 1987 | Pavane pour un génie vivant | Pavane pour un génie vivant | orchestra | dedication: "À la mémoire de Maurice Ravel, si présent parmi nous..." |
Chamber music | 1987 | Quintette à vent n° 2 | Wind Quintet No. 2 | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | dedicated to the Aulos Wind Quintet |
Concertante | 1988 | Concerto pour quinze solistes et orchestre | Concerto for 15 Soloists and Orchestra | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and orchestra | "Suivi d'une surprise" |
Chamber music | 1988 | Quintette pour flûte à bec, 2 violons, violoncelle et clavecin | Quintet for flute, string trio and harpsichord | recorder, 2 violins, cello and harpsichord | dedicated to Carl Dolmetsch |
Transcription | 1989 | Cortège burlesque | Cortège burlesque | flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon and 2 horns | original for piano 4-hands by Emmanuel Chabrier |
Chamber music | 1989 | Le colloque des deux perruches | Le colloque des deux perruches | flute and alto flute | dedicated to Roberto Fabbriciani |
Chamber music | 1989 | Quintette n° 2 pour flûte, harpe et trio à cordes | Flute Quintet No. 2 | flute, violin, viola, cello and harp | |
Transcription | 1989 | Trois écossaises et variations sur un air populaire allemand | 3 Écossaises et variations sur un air populaire allemand | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns | by Frédéric Chopin |
Chamber music | 1990 | Élégie pour 10 instruments à vent | Élégie | flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, basset horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon and 2 horns | "Pour commémorer le bicentenaire de la mort de W.A. Mozart" |
Chamber music | 1990 | Trio pour clarinette, alto et piano | Clarinet Trio | clarinet, viola and piano | |
Chamber music | 1990 | Suite pour quatuor de saxophones | Suite | 4 saxophones | |
Concertante | 1991 | Double concerto pour flûte, clarinette et orchestre | Double Concerto | flute, clarinet and orchestra | dedicated to Dagmar Becker and Wolfgang Meyer |
Orchestral | 1991 | Quatre-vingt cinq mesures et un Da Capo | Eighty-Five Measures and a Da Capo | chamber orchestra | |
Chamber music | 1991 | Sixtuor | Wind Sextet | flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and horn | |
Vocal | 1991 | Triade de toujours, 3 Duos | Triade de toujours | soprano, baritone, wind quintet, string quintet and harp | 1. words by François Villon 2. words by Jean de La Fontaine 3. words by Aristophanes |
Concertante | 1993 | Concerto pour accordéon et orchestre | Accordeon Concerto | accordion and orchestra | dedicated to Pascal Contet |
Keyboard | 1994 | Nocturne | Nocturne | piano | dedication: "À la mémoire du grand Frédéric Chopin" |
Chamber music | 1994 | Pour remercier l'auditoire | Pour remercier l'auditoire | flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1994 | Quatuor pour clarinette, cor de basset, clarinette basse et piano | Clarinet Quartet | clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet and piano | |
Chamber music | 1994 | Trio pour hautbois, basson et piano | Trio | oboe, bassoon and piano | dedicated to William Waterhouse |
Transcription | 1995 | Nocturne et polonaise | Nocturne and Polonaise | orchestra | Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 and Polonaise in A major, Op. 53 originally for piano by Frédéric Chopin; dedicated to Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker |
Chamber music | 1995 | Nonetto | Nonetto | oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | based on the Quintet in E major for winds and piano, KV 452 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Chamber music | 1995 | Trio pour flûte, violoncelle et piano | Trio | flute, cello and piano | |
Chamber music | 1996 | Célestes Schubertiades, Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Schubert | Célestes Schubertiades, Fantasy on Themes of Schubert | 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns | based on themes by Franz Schubert |
Chamber music | 1996 | Deux pièces pour basson et piano | 2 Pieces | bassoon and piano | dedicated to Cathérine Marchèse and Emile Naoumoff |
Chamber music | 1996 | Sonate pour flûte et piano | Flute Sonata | flute and piano | |
Vocal | 1997 | Neuf historiettes | 9 Historiettes | baritone, tenor saxophone and piano | words by Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux |