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List of Works

ORCHESTRA

- Five Musical Tales (1998), for youth orchestra (15 min.)

   Written for the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

- Athanor (2000-01) (19 min.)

   Commission of Radio France (Paris)

   Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Tropes de : Bussy (2017- 2018) (26 min.)

   Commission of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

CONCERTOS

- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1993) (21 min.)

    Commission of Radio France (Paris)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- La terre et le feu (1999),  for solo oboe and 12 instruments (20 min.)

    Commission of the Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

Ombre/Miroir (2004),  for solo flute and 14 instruments (14 min.)

    Commission of musikFabrik and the Kuntstiftung NWR (Germany)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Geister, Schwebende Geister (2019-20),  for solo viola and 9 instruments (20 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

ENSEMBLE

- So er (1985),  for 20 instruments (11 min.)

    Commission of the European Community Youth Orchestra (London); Final version commission of the Venice Biennale (Italy)

- Lichtung (1987),  for 10 instruments (13 min.)

    Commission of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- L’exil du feu (1989-91),  for 16 instruments and electronics (23 min.)

    Commission of IRCAM, Paris

- B.F., Ein Mittelpunkt (1992),  for 8 instruments

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

Hermetic Definition (2012-13),  for 10 instruments (22 min.)

Cage 100 Party Piece (2013),  for 12 instruments (1 min.)

    Written for FZML (Leipzig)

- Mundus Imaginalis (2015),  for 14 instruments (16 min.)

    Commission of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

CHAMBER MUSIC

- String Trio (1980-81) (7 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

​- Die Innere Grenze (1988),  for string sextet (25 min.)

    Commission of the French Ministry of Culture, Paris, for the "Sextuor Schoenberg"

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Un feu distinct (1991),  for flute (also piccolo, alto flute), Bb clarinet (also bass clarinet), piano, violin, cello (14 min.)

    Commission of Ensemble Contrechamps (Geneva)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- La mesure des choses III. La mesure de la terre et du feu (1999),  for oboe and viola (12 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Cinq Duos (1999),  for violin and viola (15 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

​- In the Mirror Land (2003),  for flute and Bb clarinet; also versions for flute and oboe; Bb clarinet and oboe (6 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Le Tombeau de Rameau I (2008), for flute, viola and harp (24 min.)

    Commission from Artist Trust GAP and 4Culture, Seattle

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Quatuor à cordes no.1 (2005, rév. 2018), for string quartet (21 min.)

    Commission of the Beethovenfest, Bonn (Germany)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Quatuor à cordes no.2 “Cantar de amigo (2020), for string quartet (25 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

La descente de l'ange (2022), for Bb clarinet and violin​ (10 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Quatuor à cordes no.3 (2024), for string quartet (23 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

Musica fict(iv)a, 7 pieces and 2 interludes (2026), for wind quintet (28 min.)

    Commission of the Chicago Wind Project, Chicago

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

- Roman (1982 – rev. 2000),  for violin (8 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- ...d’asiles déchirés… (1983 – rev. 2007),  for piano (12 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- La mesure des choses I. La mesure de l’air (1992 – rev. 2002), for Bb clarinet (9 min.)

    Commission of the Festival Musica, Strasbourg (France)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- La mesure des choses II. La mesure de la mer (1993),  for piano

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Le chemin (1994),  for piano (21 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Un chant lointain (1995), for carillon (4 min.)

- Les raisons des forces mouvantes (1996),  for organ (21 min.)

- Par le feu recueilli (1997),  for flute (10 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Au-delà, cinq études pour piccolo (1997-98),  for piccolo (8 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- Tiodhlac (2001),  for Bb clarinet (3 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Tiodhlac II (2006), for bass clarinet (3 min.)

- Further Refections on the Nature of the Mirror (2006),  for flute

- Le Tombeau de Rameau II (2013),  for piano (27 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Enfance (2015),  for piano (14 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Yellow and red (2015), for drum set

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- La mesure des choses IV. La mesure du temps (2017), for one percussionist (15 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- Geister, wieder… (2020),  for viola (15 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

- In a weightless quiet (2020),  for violin (12 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

VOCAL MUSIC

- Trois Mélodies (1986),  for mezzo soprano and five instruments (Bb clarinet - French horn - percussion - viola - contrabass) (7 min.)

    Publisher: Durand Editions Musicales, Paris

- She or not (1998), for baritone (12 min.)

    Commission of the Rheinsberg Colloquium for New Music, Rheinsberg (Germany)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

Messe à six voix (2025), for six solo voices (soprano - mezzo-soprano - counter tenor- tenor - baritone - bass) (23 min.)

    Publisher: Babel Scores, Paris

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Recordings

Joel F. Durand

​Joel F. Durand 2025

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