Chamber music

This sonatina is described as “atypical” because of the diversity and contrast offered by its three short movements. The first, fast and extremely rhythmic, is similar to a chase between the clarinet and the piano. A short central passage, softer and more expressive, calms the energy before the chase begins...

Concerto for clarinets. This concerto is written for clarinet choir and solo clarinet. It consists of a series of dances highlighting one of the instruments of the clarinet family in each of its five movements: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn, piccolo clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and an encore featuring all...

Concerto for clarinets. This concerto is written for clarinet choir and solo clarinet. It consists of a series of dances highlighting one of the instruments of the clarinet family in each of its five movements: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn, piccolo clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and an encore featuring all...

A tribute to Leonard Bernstein’s Prelude fugue and riffs, dedicated to Philippe Berrod and Quatuor Morphing Featured on the album Clarinet fantasia Excerpts by Pablo Barrágan and Kebyart ensemble

This RHAPSODY is a tribute to Claude Debussy’s work of the same name. Composed in 2012, it is dedicated to François Sauzeau, principal clarinettist with the Orchestre National de Lyon, and to the “Ensemble de Clarinettes de Voiron”. It features a series of varied themes, alternating between reverie, virtuosity, tenderness...

This sonata was commissioned by Philippe Berrod and Henri Selmer Clarinets Paris. It was first performed in July 2015 at Clarinetfest in Madrid. Dedicated to Philippe Berrod and Nicolas Dessenne, this Sonata opens with a very free cadenza in which the clarinet demonstrates its ability to bridge the gap between...

A play in the colors of Eastern Europe, written for Rémi Delangle & Vassilena Serafimova

The “Danse de la fureur pour les 7 trompettes”, from Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, inspired the writing of this piece. Odd rhythms, essentially modal writing, orchestration using unison, etc., are all “materials” used by Messiaen and which I also enjoy exploring. This piece won the Audience...

This quintet for clarinet and string quartet was commissioned by Nina’s mother for her daughter’s birthday. As its name suggests, this piece immerses us in a world of dreams and offers a possible vision of a night, with its different sleeping periods.

Written in 2018 at the request of the University of Alabama for the Amicitia Duo (Denise Gainey & Diane Barger). It begins with an Allegro giusto full of energy and mischief, which is calmed by a deliberately dreamlike interlude. The eminently expressive Andante Nostalgico is enriched by an intermediate fugal...

This piece is a suite of dances, a tribute to five Russian composers. The suite consists of two tender, delicate but lively movements, referencing Sergei Rachmaninoff and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as three dances full of dynamism and humor, reminiscent of Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, and Aram Khachaturian.

A traditional Klezmer piece for Bb clarinet and string quartet.