Fauve

Six pieces for solo violin (9’)Fauve was written for the Swiss violinist Noémi Schindler. She premiered the pice at the Zurich Kongresshaus in Mai 1995 and played its definitive version at the Radio France Pre?sence Festival in February 1996.The french word Fauve designates a particular hue between yellow and reddish-brown, but its various other acceptations range from big game to the Fauvists school of painting, to a tormented state of mind.As the piece goes along, none of the movements seems to refer to any of the above definitions in particular, it is nevertheless obvious that the latter all have an implied resonance in the music.The thematic material in 3 and 4 is derived from the first two movements. The pieces may thus combine into a shorter cycle : 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 or 3 - 4 - 5 - 6.