Jean-Claude Schlaepfer
3 Caprices
à la mémoire de Paganini
for violin solo
7 Préludes
for 2 pianos
Ascensus
for trumpet and low strings
Chant de lune
for chamber ensemble
Concerto
Solitude
for violin and chamber orchestra
Dialogue
for cello solo
Esquisses en trois tableaux
for violin and piano
Exil
for symphony orchestra
Ile de Ré
for cello and piano
Impressions
for 15 strings solo
Instances I
for piano or harpsichord
Instances II
for horn solo
Instances III
7 pièces
for marimba solo
Instances IV
en 5 mouvements
for violin solo
La Rose de Jéricho
for soprano and piano
Lamentations de Jérémie
for string orchestra
Les Mots
3 mélodies
for mezzo soprano and piano
Missa Brevis
for soprano and string quartet
Motets
for soprano voice, viola da gamba and harp
Psaume
for chamber ensemble
Trio “à Karin”
for piano, violin and cello
Variante sur les Lamentations de Jérémie
for chamber ensemble
Visibili et Invisibili
for men and children choir a capella
Jean-Claude Schlaepfer (*1961)
Born in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1961, Jean-Claude Schlaepfer studied piano for many years, notably with M. Risler. At the Geneva Conservatory he studied a program of theory courses and achieved a diploma in Musical Culture, the Prize of the Geneva State Council and the composition prize (in the class of Pierre Wissmer and Jean Balissat). Afterwards he did further study with Betsy Jolas, composer and professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. In 1988 he was the winner of the competition organized by the Swiss Musician’s Association.
Along with his activities as a composer, he teaches harmony and analysis at the Conservatoire supérieur de Musique and at the Conservatoire populaire de Musique of Geneva.
Visibili et Invisibili
for men and children choir a capella
Visibili et Invisibili Visibili et Invisibili
Missa Brevis
for soprano and string quartet
I. Kyrie Eleison I. Kyrie Eleison
II. Gloria II. Gloria
III. Sanctus III. Sanctus
IV. Agnus Dei IV. Agnus Dei
Chant de lune
for chamber ensemble
Chant De Lune Chant De Lune