Sixtrum's Repertoire

Premieres are marked by a *

Composers		Works
Cage, John	United States	First Construction (in Metal) (1939) 5 perc., 1 piano + 1 assist.
Cage, John	United States	Imaginary Landscape No.1 (1939) 1 perc., 1 piano, 2 variable-speed turntables
Cage, John	United States	Imaginary Landscape No.2 (1942) 5 perc.
Cage, John	United States	Imaginary Landscape No.3 (1942) 6 perc.
Cage, John	United States	Imaginary Landscape No.4 (1951) 12 radios
Cage, John	United States	Imaginary Landscape No.5 (1952) Pre-recorded sounds
Cage, John	United States	Music for 6 (1984-1987) 6 perc.
Cage, John	United States	Second Construction (1940) 3 perc. 1 piano
Cage, John	United States	Third Construction (1941) 4 perc.
Cherney, Brian	Canada	Sérénade triste * (2012) 6 perc. choir
de Man, Roderik	Netherlands	Zest (2003) 6 perc., saxophone quartet
de Mey, Thierry	France	Pièces de Gestes (2008) 5 perc.
Downes, David	New Zealand	Painting with Breath (2000) 6 perc.
Dufort, Louis	Canada	yutiröp * (2011) 6 electronic perc., video
Edwards, Wolf	Canada	Ico * (2009) 6 perc.
Edwards, Wolf	Canada	Irons * (2010) Percussion and instrumental ensemble
Garant, Serge	Canada	Amuya (1967) Percussion and instrumental ensemble
Garant, Serge	Canada	Circuit I (1972) 6 or 12 perc.
Gilbert, Nicolas	Canada	Les mécanismes de l'esquive * (2009) 6 perc.
Giner, Bruno	France	Images de peaux (1996) Solo perc., 4 perc.
Giner, Bruno	France	Mémoires de peaux * (2011) 6 perc.
Gougeon, Denis	Canada	Un train pour l'enfer (1993) Percussion ensemble and chamber orchestra
Grégoire, Julien	Canada	Sistrum * (2007) 6 perc.
Grisey, Gérard	France	Stèle (1995) 2 perc.
Grisey, Gérard	France	Tempus ex Machina (1975) 6 perc.
Gubaidulina, Sofia	Russia	In Etwartung (1994) 6 perc., saxophone quartet
Gubaidulina, Sofia	Russia	In the Beginning Was Rhythm (1984) 7 perc.
Harman, Chris-Paul	France	This is Not America * (2012) 6 perc. choir
Holbrook, Geof	Canada	Glitch * (2007) 6 perc., saxophone quartet
Kagel, Mauricio	Argentina	Exotica (1970-1971) 6 musicians
Leroux, Philippe	France	De la vitesse (2001) 6 perc.
Lizée, Nicole	Canada	The Man With the Golden Arms * (2012) Drumset, 6 perc. and instrumental ensemble
Longtin, Michel	Canada	Lettre posthume de Conrad * (2000) 6 perc., chamber orchestra
Marandola, Fabrice	France	X-trum * (2010) 4 sixxens
Matalon, Martin	Argentina	Le Scorpion (2001, rev. 2010) 6 perc., piano
Mather, Bruce	Canada	4 études for percussion (2001) 6 perc.
Milhaud, Darius	France	L'Homme et son désir * (1918) 6 perc. and orchestra
Mottet, Gilles	France	Jeux de mirroir * (2011) 6 perc.
Piché, Jean	Canada	K'ANCHAY * (2010) 6 electronic perc., video
Pohu, Sylvain	Canada	Beat * (2010) 6 electronic perc., video
Reich, Steve	United States	Drumming (1970-71) 9 perc. 2 voices, 1 piccolo flute
Roy, Myke	Canada	Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas paradiddles gather no moss * (2009) 1 mime, 5 perc.
Thibault, Dominic	Canada	Reckless Brown Dreams * (2011) 6 perc. electronics, viédo
Vivier, Claude	Canada	Aikea - Cinq chansons pour percussion (orch. Pierre Béluse) (1980) 6 perc.
Vivier, Claude	Canada	Pulau Dewata (arr. Fabrice Marandola) (1977) 6 perc. (aussi version à 12 perc.)
Vorosova, Jana	Czech Republic	Zoom * (2008) 6 perc.
Xenakis, Iannis	Greece	Okho 3 djembes
Xenakis, Iannis	Greece	Pléïades (1978) 6 perc.

The place of Sixtrum in the career of Robert Leroux

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 10:12pm

In my previous post, the first of a series on the place of Sixtrum in the career of its performers, I asked the question: "What does Sixtrum represent in your career?" to Fabrice Marandola. For my second post of this series, the same question was asked to Robert Leroux during an interview on December 13^th. Here is an overview of that interview:

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The place of Sixtrum in the career of Fabrice Marandola

Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 10:13pm

Whether it is through concerts of the Sixtrum Series, or of the Youth Series, or concerts on tour, Percussion Ensemble Sixtrum shines and makes contemporary music for percussion shine as well. To understand the impact of Sixtrum in the careers of its performers, I propose a series of blogs based on interviews with the musicians of the group.

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«Histoires de gestes» : a concert for both ears and eyes

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 8:26pm

Last Monday, November 7^th, percussion ensemble Sixtrum presented the concert Histoires de gestes at the Society for Arts and Technologies (SAT). The concert was based on pieces which exploited in different ways, the concept of gesture in music.

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