Jarrell: Flute concerto 'Un temps de silence'

Dalbavie:

Flute Concerto

The concerto by Marc Andre Dalbavie represents his French background. Pahud says: “It really is a kind of new contemporary Ibert flute concerto, very virtuosic and very colourful, very sensual, and I think it has a long life ahead of it.”

Peter Eötvös

Jarrell:

Flute concerto 'Un temps de silence'

Michael Jarrell is a Swiss composer whose Triple Concerto Pahud has recorded previously. As the subtitle suggests, the work explores the nature of space and silence, although the frenzied opening contains some highly virtuosic passages for the soloist. However the work eventually dwindles down to nothing, as if moving towards a vacuum. Pahud describes it as “a human being looking at space, at the cosmos”.

Pascal Rophé

Pintscher:

Transir for flute & chamber orchestra

German Matthias Pintscher wrote his concerto while Pahud was artist-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival. Pahud describes the highly complex work as “much more experimental than the other works on this recording. It is the most avant garde work I have played so far, in terms of all the special effects required and how to synchronise them with the orchestra”. It is also written as a requiem to French composer Dominic Transir who tragically died at the age of 33.

Mathias Pintscher