Œuvres Suisses
Œuvres Suisses was a joint project of the Association of Swiss Professional Orchestras and the Swiss Cultural Foundation Pro Helvetia in collaboration with the Swiss Radio and Television Society . The project served to promote and increase international awareness of contemporary Swiss composers and orchestras . For this purpose, eleven Swiss professional orchestras each awarded three commissioned compositions from 2014 to 2016. The composition commissions and world premieres were financed by the respective orchestras, which were funded by Pro Helvetia to the tune of 50,000 francs annually for international tours and for young talent and placement projects. The result of the project is a new repertoire of 34 symphonic works for chamber and symphony orchestras , composed by 29 composers, all of which were recorded by Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana , Radio Télévision Suisse and Swiss radio and television . A total of 41 tours (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America) were realized by the orchestra during the project.
Works
- # 1 Nadir Vassena : «forgotten songs» per orchestra ( Orchestra della Svizzera italiana )
- # 2 Jost Meier : "Adullam" for Chamber Orchestra ( Symphony Orchestra Biel Solothurn )
- # 3 Caroline Charrière : "Concerto" pour orgue et orchester ( Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne )
- # 4 Michael Jarrell : «Emergences - Nachlese VI» / Concerto pour violoncelle et orchester ( Orchester de la Suisse Romande )
- # 5 Jost Meier: "Fictional Scenes" for orchestra ( Basel Symphony Orchestra )
- # 6 Martin Jaggi : «Girga» for orchestra ( Lucerne Symphony Orchestra )
- # 7 Urs Peter Schneider : "Amen" for 16 instruments (Symphony Orchestra Biel Solothurn)
- # 8 Jean-Luc Darbellay : "Convergences (distorted)" for large orchestra ( Bern Symphony Orchestra )
- # 9 Rudolf Kelterborn : "Contraddizzioni" per trio ed orchestra d'archi ( Zurich Chamber Orchestra )
- # 10 Alfons Karl Zwicker : "Unter dem Grabhügel" for saxophone and orchestra ( St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra )
- # 11 Michael Jarrell: "Traces" for string quartet and orchestra (Lucerne Symphony Orchestra)
- # 12 Bettina Skrzypczak : "Oracula Sibyllina" for female voice and chamber orchestra ( Musikkollegium Winterthur )
- # 13 Martin Jaggi: "Banpo" for large orchestra (Basel Symphony Orchestra)
- # 14 Julien-François Zbinden : «Concerto» for tuba and orchestra (Bern Symphony Orchestra)
- # 15 Edu Haubensak : "Other Tones" for orchestra in five groups (Basel Symphony Orchestra)
- # 16 Cécile Marti : “Seven Towers” / Part 1 from the seven-part cycle “Seven Towers” for orchestra (Bern Symphony Orchestra)
- # 17 Jacques Demierre : “No Alarming Interstices” for improvising trio and orchestra ( Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich )
- # 18 Ezko Kikoutchi : "Miraï" per orchestra (Orchestra della Svizzera italiana)
- # 19 Daniel Schnyder : «Concerto» pour basson et orchester (Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne)
- # 20 Iris Szeghy : "In my father's park" for orchestra (Musikkollegium Winterthur)
- # 21 Richard Dubugnon : "Arcanes Symphoniques" op. 30, pour grand orchester (extraits, version 2015) (Orchester de la Suisse Romande)
- # 22 Katharina Rosenberger : "Traces" for orchestra (Lucerne Symphony Orchestra)
- # 23 Paul Giger : «Rauhnächte» for orchestra (St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra)
- # 24 Fabian Müller : «Canto» for string orchestra (Zurich Chamber Orchestra)
- # 25 Dieter Ammann : «glut» for orchestra (Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich)
- # 26 Martin Wettstein : "Erosion" for orchestra (Musikkollegium Winterthur)
- # 27 David Philip Hefti : "As dark as night" for an alto voice and orchestra based on a sonnet by Shakespeare (Symphony Orchestra Biel Solothurn)
- # 28 Helena Winkelman : "SKAN" for woodwinds, brass and percussion (St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra)
- # 29 Thomas Kessler : «Utopia III» for orchestra (in five groups) and multiple live electronics (Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich)
- # 30 Isabel Mundry : "Zu Fall" for orchestra (Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich)
- # 31 Oscar Bianchi : "Exordium" per orchestra (Orchestra della Svizzera italiana)
- # 32 Jean-Luc Darbellay: «ANGES. L'univers mystérieux de Paul Klee »for orchestra (Orchester de la Suisse Romande)
- # 33 Michael Jarrell: "Des nuages et des brouillards" for violon et orchester (Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne)
- # 34 Matthias Mueller : "Piccolo Concerto Grosso" for two basset clarinets and orchestra (Zurich Chamber Orchestra)