Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music.
He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments.
He served as Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1948 until his retirement in 1966. During the period 1948–1962 he shared this position with famous composer Darius Milhaud. Gareth Walters, Pedro Ipuche Riva, and Gerd Boder were three of his students.Quote from Tadlock's dissertation on Rivier
Compositions
- 3 Points Seches for piano
- 4 Fantasmes for piano
- 4 Sequences Dialogues '
- Alternances for piano
- Andante Espressivo Ed Allegro Burlesco for clarinet and piano
- Aria for trumpet and organ
- Brillances for 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, 2 trombones and 1 tuba
- Capriccio '
- Comme Une Tendre Berceuse for flute and piano
- Concerto '
- Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and string orchestra
- Concerto for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons, trumpet, double bass
- Concerto for bassoon and strings.
- Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra
- Concerto for flute and piano
- Concerto for oboe and orchestra
- Concerto for trumpet and strings
- Concerto #1 in C for piano and orchestra
- Concerto Brève for piano and strings
- Concertino for saxophone and orchestra
- Concertino for viola and orchestra
- Déjeuner sur l'herbe '
- Doloroso et Giocoso for viola and piano
- Duo for flute and clarinet in Bb
- Espagnole for violin and piano
- Grave et Presto for saxophone quartet
- Nocturne, his contribution to Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long
- Le Petit Gondolier for piano
- Les Trois "S" for clarinet
- Oiseau tendre for solo flute
- Ouverture pour une opérette imaginaire
- 3 Pastorales for Orchestra
- Piece in D '
- Pour Des Mains Amies for piano
- Priere '
- Quatuor A Cordes #2
- Rapsodie for trombone and piano
- Requiem
- Sonate for piano
- Stridences for piano
- String Trio
- Symphony #1
- Symphony #2 in C major for string orchestra
- Symphony #3 in G major for string orchestra
- Symphony #4 in B flat major for string orchestra
- Symphony #5 in A minor
- Symphony #6 in E minor "Les Présages"
- Symphony #7 in F major "Les Contrastes"
- Symphony #8 for string orchestra
- Torrents for piano
- Trois Mouvements for clarinet and piano
- Virevoltes for flute
His complete piano works have been published in one volume by Salabert.Discography
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Trumpet and Orchestra appears on "French Saxophone Concertos", Naxos 8.225127
- Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and strings appears on "Virtuoso Saxophone Concertos", Koch Schwann
- Oiseaux tendres appears on "WIESLER, Manuela: Flute Music" Naxos BIS-CD-689
- Symphonies #3 in G, #4 in B♭, and #8 in __ Calmel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bernard Calmel, on Pavane CD ADW 7328
