Musical compositions

Jean-Jacques Giraud


Invocation to Samuel
op. 5: flute solo.
Creation  by  Pierre DEVILLE,  December 8th 1980,  St Merri Church, Paris.
Duration : 3’

Le Verseau
Aquarius
op. 6 : harp solo.
Anne DEVORSINE, December 8th 1980, Church St Merri, Aquarius Paris.

Lux aeterna
op. 7 : flute and harp.
Pierre DEVILLE, Anne DEVORSINE,  January  21st 1982, Museum of Périgord, Périgueux.
Duration : 7’

Le Prophète
The Prophet
op. 10 : Wind quintett.
Quintette à vent de Guyenne, March 31st 1982, Cultural Center of Carmel, Libourne.
Duration : 20’

L’Oiseau en cage
Bird in cage
op. 11 : Quintet N°1 for clarinette and string quartet.
Ensemble Carl Stamitz, OCTUOR DE FRANCE (Musicians from Orchestre National de France), August 2nd 1982, Chapelle des Pénitents blancs, Festival of Sarlat.
Duration : 14’

La Vallée
The Valley

op. 14 : Trio for flute, viola and harp.
Alain MARION, Gérard CAUSSE, Martine GELIOT, May 4th 1984, Church of Meyrals, Dordogne, musical travels of « La Fugue ».
Duration : 10’

Le Voyage d’Ulysse
Ulysses Trip

op. 16 : Quintet N°2 for clarinet and string quartet.
OCTUOR DE FRANCE, August 22nd 1985, music stage of Montrichard.
Duration : 35’

Le Verseau
Acquarius

Prolongation, Catherine MICHEL, harp solo from Opera of Paris, August 9th 1985, Church of St Jean de Côle, Dordogne.

L’Alchimiste
op. 15 : Viola solo.
Françoise GRANIER-BEAUCOUR, February 8th 1987, Theater of Bressuire, and February 12th , Museum Ste Croix, Poitiers, Chamber Music Center of Poitiers.
Duration : 10’

Duo for Clarinet and piano
op. 21
Jean-Louis SAJOT, Gisèle ARMANA, August 6th 1987, church St Germain of Sorges, Dordogne.
Duration : 7’

La maison dans la montagne
The house in the mountain
 
Op 22 : Quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Eglise St Germain de Sorges. Philippe Pierlot, flute, Jean-Louis Sajot, clarinet, Yuriko Naganuma, violin, Isabelle Sajot, cello, Elizabeth Allen, piano. 27 Août 2009.
Dutarion : 12’

Sur un homme noyé
On a drown man

op. 23
Song on a japonese poem VIIth century.
Duration : 3’30

L’Inconnu
The unknown man

op. 24
Song on a poem from the composer, Corinne LAPORTE, Soprano, Bruno RICAUD, piano,  April 23rd 1988, Salle Cortot, Paris.
Duration 3’30

J’attends mon Seigneur
Waiting for my Lord

op. 23
Song on a japonese poem, VIIth century, Corinne LAPORTE, Bruno RICAUD, October 15th 1988, Theater of Saumur.
Duration : 3’30

Dernier Eté
Last summer

op. 25 N°1
Songs on René TAVERNIER’s poems, Jean-Philippe DOUBRERE, Baryton-basse, Bruno RICAUD, piano, January 17th.
 
Fils vivants de la Lumière
Living sons of light
op.25 N°2
1989, Institute for blind people, Salle Marchal, Paris.
Duration : 3’

Les Châteaux de l’Ame
Castels of the soul
 
op. 27 : Piece for brass and percussions, 4 trompets, 4 horns, 4 trombonnes, 1 Contra-tuba, 3 percussionnists.
Commission from ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE REGION DU LIMOUSIN, direction Guy CONDETTE. Summer tour of Orchestra. Church of Turenne August  3rd 1989.
Duration : 13’

Fanfare pour le réveil des Archangels
Brass band to awake archangels
op.28 : Brass quintett.
QUINTETTE DE CUIVRES FRANCAIS,  August, 10th 1992, Church St Germain of Sorges, Dordogne.
Duration : 4’30

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscop
op. 30 : Piano solo.
Eric HIMY. August 26th 1994, Church St Germain of Sorges. November 2rd3 1994, Maison française,  French Embassy, Washington, USA.
Duration : 10’

Le Chemin de Damas
Damascus way
op. 31 : Duo for cello and piano.
Henri DEMARQUETTE, Caroline ESPOSITO, August 25th 1995, Church St Germain of Sorges, Dordogne.
Duration : 10’30

La Valse oubliée
Forgotten walz
op. 33 : Quintet N°3 for clarinet and string quartet.
OCTUOR DE FRANCE August 24th 1996, Church St Germain of Sorges. June 5th 1997 Orangerie de Bagatelle, under the patronage of  Paris Town Hall.
Duration : 7’

L’Ondine
op. 19 : Song for voice, clarinet and piano.
Poem by the composer.
Duration: 5’30

Je ne peux pas dormir cette nuit
I cannot sleep this night
op. 34 : Song for mezzo-soprano and piano.           
Poem by the  composer. Nathalie ESPALIER, mezzo, Jean-Louis SAJOT, clarinet, Caroline ESPOSITO, piano.  August 29th 1997, Church St Germain of Sorges, Dordogne.
                                  
J’essuierai toute larme de leurs yeux
I'll wipe any tear from their eyes
  
op.35 : Duo for violin and piano.          
Max RABINOVITSJ, violin, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. July 5th 1999, Evora Festival. Portugal.
Duration : 11’

Tango
op 38 : Duo for cello and harp.
Catherine MICHEL, harp, Walter GRIMMER, cello. August 25th 2000, Church St Germain of Sorges,
Dordogne.
Duration : 5’30

Les Saisons de l’âme
Seasons of soul
op. 37 : Quartet  for string trio and piano.
Commission of DA VINCI. QUARTET Violon Max RABINOVITSJ, Viola, Bruno PASQUIER, Cello, Donald Mc CALL, piano, Elizabeth  ALLEN. August 28th 2002, Church St Germain of Sorges, Dordogne.
Duration : 22’

La Vision d’Ezéchiel
Ezechiel Vision
op. 32 : Trumpet and string orchestra. 
Evora University Orchestra. Direction, Max RABINOVITSJ, Trumpet, Pedro Manuel PEREIRA MONTEIRO. April 10th 2003. Convento do Carmo. Evora. Portugal.
Duration : 10’30

L’Ondine,
op. 19 : Song for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano.
Poem by the composer.
Duration : 5’30

Cœur de Mère
Mother's heart
op. 20 : Song for mezzo-soprano and viola on a poem by Jean RICHEPIN.
Duration : 5’

La Forêt de Glycines
Wisteria Forest

op. 26: Song for voice, viola and piano.
Poem by the composer. Liliana BIZINECHE, mezzo, Bruno PASQUIER, viola, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano.
Church St Germain of Sorges. Dordogne. August 28th 2003.
Duration : 3’15

Ave Maria
op. 39 : Variations on Schubert’s Ave Maria.
Encontros Musicais. Quinta das Encostas. Sassoeiros. Portugal. Liliana BIZINECHE, mezzo-soprano, Bruno PASQUIER, viola, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano.  Décember 18th 2004. Retaken August 25th2005 with Eugen INDJIC, piano, Sorges.
Duration : 3’15

L’ascension vers l’Empyrée
Ascension towards Empyree

Op. 40 : Concerto for viola and orchestra.
Church of Champagne-Fontaine, EVORA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA, Portugal.
Direction : Max RABINOVITSJ, solist, Bruno PASQUIER. 24 August 24th 2005. Retaken 25th at Sorges. Dordogne.
Duration : 21’

La Légende de Saint Hubert
St Hubert's legend 
Op. 41 : Piece for horn and piano.
Church of Agonac, Dordogne. Jonathan LUXTON, horn, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. August 27th 2007.
Duration : 12’

L’Innocent
The Innocent

op.16 : Musical theater for clarinet, fagot, violin et contrabass.
OCTUOR DE FRANCE, comedian Bernard LANNEAU. Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Poitiers.  November 17 th 2007. Art and Medicine Congress
Duration : 35’

La maison dans la montagne
The house in the mountain

Op 22 : Quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Church St Germain of Sorges. PIERLOT, flute, Jean-Louis SAJOT, clarinet, Yuriko NAGANUMA, violin, Isabelle SAJOT, cello, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. 27 Août 2009
Duration : 12’

Adagio : for flute or violin, viola, cello and piano
Op. 42                                
Eliot LAWSON, violon, Paul WAKABAYASHI, alto, Varoujean BARTIKIAN, violoncelle, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. Quinta da Encosta, Largo Vasco d’Orey 4, Sassoieros, Carvavelos, Portugal July, 16th 2010
Duration : 12’

Chansons d’enfants : for piano solo
Children songs

Op.43           
Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. Eglise Saint Germain  Sorges.  August 22nd  2011.
Duration : 5’

Confidence : for violon solo
Op. 45  
Eliot LAWSON, violon, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano. Eglise Saint Germain Sorges. August 22nd 2011.
Duration : 6’

Nostradamus : Melodies on quatrains of Nostradamus for baritono and piano
Op. 44
Eglise Saint Germain  Sorges. L’OISELEUR DES LONGCHAMPS, baritono, Elizabeth ALLEN, piano.
Duration : 11’ 


Jean-Jacques Giraud was also performed by Eugen INDJIC,  Léontina VADUVA and Caroline HAFFNER, Princesse MURAT,  Gala for Art-thérapy, Ecole de Médecine,  Paris, April  4th2007, by Pierre-Henry XUEREB, viola, Festival of Flaine, 1988, by Chamber Music Center of Poitiers, by the NAUSICAA Trio, by Thierry de GROMARD, Baritone, by Laurence CABEL and Anne-Claire CAZALET, harp...

He was performed at the Radio-Diffusion, Belgium, in Egypt, in Luxemburg, in Morocco, in Portugal and in USA: Washington, New Orleans and Huston.
He organizes since 1983 a festival of music in Périgord
He collaborates with Servitours to the organization  of musical trips: Finland 2011, Portugal 2012.