Jean-Pascal Chaigne


Jean-Pascal Chaigne is a French composer.
Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris where he obtained first prizes in analysis, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint, 20th century music writing and composition, studying with Emmanuel Nunes and Stefano Gervasoni. Jean-Pascal Chaigne is Professor of XX-XXI century musical writing at the Paris Conservatory and at the Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg in Switzerland.

Works

Solo instrument

De miroir, d’absence for viola da gambaL'énigme et son sommeil for sopranoL'épaisseur d'un cri for traverso Hymne I for fluteHymne II for percussionObjets I for bass clarinetSoit donc cela I for harpsichordSoit donc cela II for organTrace for double bassVertical et blanc I for celloVertical et blanc II for violaVertical et blanc III for violinWie ein Toter for cello

Chamber ensemble

...an die Nacht I for solo flute, string trio, piano and percussionAux limites sourdes for solo violin, percussion and three female voicesCésure : le corps for mezzo-soprano and violinDans la ligne des paupières for soprano and string quartetDe sa disparition for female voice, Celtic harp and celloDire I for two pianosDire II for clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and celloL'élaboration du silence for three female voices or female chorusEntaille for string quartet Hymne III for piano and percussionHymne V for piccolo and xylophoneHymne VI for flute, piano and percussionImmer wieder Angst for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and pianoObjets II for cello octetObjets III - L'amant et l'image for mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, percussion and violin Objets IV for saxophone quartetReflet for clarinet, violin and cello Répétition for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichordStrates for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichordTrois mouvements for string quartet La voix extrême la lumière for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord

Orchestra / Vocal ensemble

...an die Nacht II for solo percussionist, four percussionists and mixed choirDer Bau, monodrama for narrator, vocal sextet and orchestra, from the Franz Kafka's novella Der BauL'élaboration du silence for three female voices or female choirFigurations for string trio and chamber orchestraFiguration I for cello and chamber orchestraFiguration III / La trajectoire du souffle for violin and large orchestraMa voix te suit for a cappella choir Shlof for vocal sextet, after a Yiddish lullaby; excerpt from the monodrama Der Bau
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Sonate 15 opus 28 n°1 for orchestra
  • Arnold Schönberg Three pieces opus 11 n°1 for large orchestra
  • Arnold Schönberg Three pieces opus 11 n°2 for large orchestra

Cycles

Triptych after Kafka
  • * Der Bau for narrator, vocal sextet and chamber orchestra
  • * Immer wieder Angst for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  • * Wie ein Toter for celloLe travail du silence cycle :
  • * L’épaisseur d’un cri, for traverso
  • * Soit donc cela I, for harpsichord
  • * Soit donc cela II, for organ
  • * De miroir, d’absence, for viola da gamba
  • * Cet abîme d’étoiles, for theorbo Objets cycle
  • * Objets I for bass clarinet
  • * Objets II for cello octet
  • * Objets III for mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, percussion and violin
  • * Objets IV for saxophone quartetMezza Voce cycle, after Mezza Voce by Anne-Marie Albiach
  • * Césure : le corps for mezzo-soprano and violin
  • * Vertical et blanc I for cello
  • * La voix extrême la lumière for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord
  • * Vertical et blanc II for viola
  • * Strates for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord
  • * Vertical et blanc III for violin
  • * Répétition for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichordKardia diptych, after Kardia by Claude Royet-Journoud
  • * L'énigme et son sommeil for soprano
  • * Ma voix te suit for a cappella choir Hymnes à la nuit cycle, after Hymnen an die Nacht by Novalis
  • * Hymne I for flute
  • * Hymne II for percussion
  • * Hymne III for piano and percussion
  • * Hymne IV for piano
  • * Hymne V for flute and percussion
  • * Hymne VI for flute, piano and percussionLes chiffres du corps triptych
  • * Trace for double bass
  • * Reflet for clarinet, violin and cello
  • * Entaille for string quartet

Awards

  • Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation Prize
  • Second Prize of the Mottini Competition 2012 for young composers
  • Selected in the Ensemble Aleph’s 7th International Forum in 2014 for his composition Dire II.

Discography

  • « Dédicaces » : Jean-Marc Fessard, bass clarinet ; Objets I for bass clarinet is recorded on this CD