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HÉTU Jacques

Oeuvres en tant qu'artiste: 91

Oeuvres en tant qu'arrangeur: 0

Description

Jacques Hétu, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in 1938, is one of the most performed Canadian composers both at home and abroad. From 1956 to 1961, he studied composition with Clermont Pépin at the Conservatoire in Montreal, and from 1961 to 1963 with Henri Dutilleux at the École Normale de Musique in Paris as well as analysis with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory. From 1963 to 1977, he taught composition and analysis at the Université Laval in Quebec, then from 1979 to 2000 served as professor of analysis at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Hétu’s catalogue includes five symphonies, concertos for viola, flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, organ, ondes Martenot, guitar, marimba/vibraphone and a triple concerto for violin, cello and piano. Other orchestral works include Images de la Révolution, Le Tombeau de Nelligan, Variations concertantes and Légendes. Then there are compositions for voice and orchestra like Les Abîmes du rêve, the Missa pro trecentesimo anno (written for the tercentenary of the birth of J.S. Bach) and the opera Le Prix. There are also a number of chamber works. In 1990, Pinchas Zukerman invited the composer to travel with the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre Orchestra on its tour of Germany, Denmark and England. The tour repertory included two works by Hétu, the Third Symphony and Antinomie. In November of that year, Charles Dutoit conducted the New York Philharmonic in Images de la Révolution, which the Montreal Symphony had commissioned on the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution. In May of 1992, Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic gave the American premiere of the Trumpet Concerto with Philip Smith as soloist. Le Tombeau de Nelligan, premiered in Paris by the Orchestra of Radio France, went on tours by both the Montreal and Toronto Symphonies. A recording on the CBC label of music entirely by Jacques Hétu was awarded a Juno for Best Classical Recording of the Year in 2004. This release contains four concertos (for flute, clarinet, bassoon and the second for piano) and features some of Canada’s most renowned musicians as soloists, including André Laplante, dedicatee of the Second Piano Concerto. Lyricism, poetry, emotion and coherent discourse are all important elements in Hétu’s writing. He is also sensitive to various aspects of sonority and to the structural rigor of contemporary composition. Within traditional forms, he arranges elements in a cyclical manner based on the affirmative force of thematic material, rigorous writing and the need for unity. In later years, he tended to simplify his language through a broadening of his framework and through developing ever-more lyrical means of expression. His style can best be described as one using neoclassical forms and neo-romantic expression within a musical language of twentieth-century techniques. Jacques Hétu became a member of the Canadian Royal Society in 1989, an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 and Officier de l’Ordre national du Québec in 2007. In 2008, he was inducted into the Panthéon de la musique classique de Trois-Rivières, where a music school bears his name. In January 2010, the Conseil québécois de la musique awarded him the Prix Hommage at the Opus Awards ceremony. On February 9, 2010, following a battle with cancer, Jacques Hétu passed away at his home in Saint-Hippolyte, near Montreal, surrounded by his family.

Oeuvres de l'artiste

  • Product previewAdagio et rondo pour quatuor à cordes, Opus 3, no. 1-A

    Adagio et rondo pour quatuor à cordes, Opus 3, no. 1-A

    HÉTU Jacques

    25.89 $

    DO 786

  • Product previewAdagio et Rondo, Opus 3, no. 1B

    Adagio et Rondo, Opus 3, no. 1B

    HÉTU Jacques

    29.43 $

    DO 115

  • Product previewAntinomie, Opus 23

    Antinomie, Opus 23

    HÉTU Jacques

    62.38 $

    DO 66

  • Product previewAria, Opus 27

    Aria, Opus 27

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 33

  • Product previewBallade, Opus 30

    Ballade, Opus 30

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 44

  • Product previewConcerto 2 guitars and orchestra, Opus 77 (piano reduction)

    Concerto 2 guitars and orchestra, Opus 77 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 643

  • Product previewConcerto for 2 guitars and orchestra, Opus 77 (Score)

    Concerto for 2 guitars and orchestra, Opus 77 (Score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    91.81 $

    DO 642

  • Product previewConcerto for bassoon op. 31 (score)

    Concerto for bassoon op. 31 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    80.04 $

    DO 466

  • Product previewConcerto for bassoon, Opus 31 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for bassoon, Opus 31 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    27.07 $

    DO 463

  • Product previewConcerto for clarinet, Opus 37

    Concerto for clarinet, Opus 37

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 429

  • Product previewConcerto for clarinet, Opus 37

    Concerto for clarinet, Opus 37

    HÉTU Jacques

    35.31 $

    DO 80

  • Product previewConcerto for flute, Opus 51 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for flute, Opus 51 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    29.43 $

    DO 140

  • Product previewConcerto for flute, Opus 51 (score)

    Concerto for flute, Opus 51 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 416

  • Product previewConcerto for guitar and string orchestra, Opus 56 (score)

    Concerto for guitar and string orchestra, Opus 56 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    60.03 $

    DO 170A

  • Product previewConcerto for marimba, Opus 61A (score)

    Concerto for marimba, Opus 61A (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    68.27 $

    DO 248

  • Product previewConcerto for marimba, vibraphone and strings, Opus 61B (piano reduction)

    Concerto for marimba, vibraphone and strings, Opus 61B (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    52.97 $

    DO 272

  • Product previewConcerto for oboe, english horn and orchestra, Opus 72 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for oboe, english horn and orchestra, Opus 72 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    52.97 $

    DO 510

  • Product previewConcerto for oboe, english horn and orchestra, Opus 72 (score)

    Concerto for oboe, english horn and orchestra, Opus 72 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 536

  • Product previewConcerto for Ondes Martenot, Opus 49 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for Ondes Martenot, Opus 49 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    44.73 $

    DO 191

  • Product previewConcerto for organ, Opus 68 (orchestra reduction)

    Concerto for organ, Opus 68 (orchestra reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    88.28 $

    DO 473

  • Product previewConcerto for organ, Opus 68 (score)

    Concerto for organ, Opus 68 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    111.82 $

    DO 472

  • Product previewConcerto for piano No. 2, Opus 64 (2 pianos reduction)

    Concerto for piano No. 2, Opus 64 (2 pianos reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 304

  • Product previewConcerto for piano No. 2, Opus 64 (score)

    Concerto for piano No. 2, Opus 64 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    81.21 $

    DO 305

  • Product previewConcerto for piano, Opus 15 (2 pianos reduction)

    Concerto for piano, Opus 15 (2 pianos reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    58.85 $

    DO 126

  • Product previewConcerto for trombone, Opus 57 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for trombone, Opus 57 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    40.02 $

    DO 204

  • Product previewConcerto for trombone, opus 57 (score)

    Concerto for trombone, opus 57 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    80.04 $

    DO 477

  • Product previewConcerto for trumpet, opus 43 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for trumpet, opus 43 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    32.96 $

    DO 116

  • Product previewConcerto for trumpet, Opus 43 (score)

    Concerto for trumpet, Opus 43 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    52.97 $

    DO 447

  • Product previewConcerto for trumpet, Opus 43A

    Concerto for trumpet, Opus 43A

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 158

  • Product previewConcerto for viola, Opus 75 (piano reduction)

    Concerto for viola, Opus 75 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    47.08 $

    DO 717

  • Product previewConcerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra, Opus 15 (score)

    Concerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra, Opus 15 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 487

  • Product previewConcerto pour alto, Opus 75

    Concerto pour alto, Opus 75

    HÉTU Jacques

    94.16 $

    DO 716

  • Product previewConcerto pour guitare, Opus 56 (piano réduction)

    Concerto pour guitare, Opus 56 (piano réduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    34.13 $

    DO 170

  • Product previewConcerto pour guitare, Opus 56 (Score + separated parts, pdf version)

    Concerto pour guitare, Opus 56 (Score + separated parts, pdf version)

    HÉTU Jacques

    214.00 $

    DO 170M

  • Product previewConcerto pour ondes Martenot, Opus 49 (score)

    Concerto pour ondes Martenot, Opus 49 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    82.39 $

    DO 441

  • Product previewÉlégie

    Élégie

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 388

  • Product previewFanfare pour Lanaudière

    Fanfare pour Lanaudière

    HÉTU Jacques

    28.25 $

    DO 353

  • Product previewFanfare pour une fête

    Fanfare pour une fête

    HÉTU Jacques

    20.01 $

    DO 354

  • Product previewFantaisie pour piano, Opus 59

    Fantaisie pour piano, Opus 59

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 210

  • Product previewFantaisie sur «Un bon matin»

    Fantaisie sur «Un bon matin»

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 726

  • Product previewFantaisie sur le nom de Bach, Opus 67

    Fantaisie sur le nom de Bach, Opus 67

    HÉTU Jacques

    10.59 $

    DO 351

  • Product previewHear of my prayer, O Lord, Opus 66

    Hear of my prayer, O Lord, Opus 66

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 668

  • Product previewImages de la Révolution, Opus 44

    Images de la Révolution, Opus 44

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 223

  • Product previewImpromptu, Opus 70

    Impromptu, Opus 70

    HÉTU Jacques

    12.95 $

    DO 502

  • Product previewIncantation, Opus 28

    Incantation, Opus 28

    HÉTU Jacques

    11.77 $

    DO 797

  • Product previewIntermezzo, Opus 80

    Intermezzo, Opus 80

    HÉTU Jacques

    11.77 $

    DO 679

  • Product previewLe Tombeau de Nelligan, Opus 52 (score)

    Le Tombeau de Nelligan, Opus 52 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 180

  • Product previewLégendes, opus 76

    Légendes, opus 76

    HÉTU Jacques

    117.70 $

    DO 661

  • Product previewLes abîmes du rêve, Opus 36 (piano reduction)

    Les abîmes du rêve, Opus 36 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    37.66 $

    DO 791

  • Product previewLes abîmes du rêve, Opus 36 (score)

    Les abîmes du rêve, Opus 36 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    100.05 $

    DO 790

  • Product previewLes clartés de la nuit, Opus 20

    Les clartés de la nuit, Opus 20

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 73

  • Product previewLes clartés de la nuit, Opus 20A

    Les clartés de la nuit, Opus 20A

    HÉTU Jacques

    41.20 $

    DO 73A

  • Product previewLes Illusions fanées, Opus 46

    Les Illusions fanées, Opus 46

    HÉTU Jacques

    28.25 $

    DO 333

  • Product previewMirages, Opus 34

    Mirages, Opus 34

    HÉTU Jacques

    76.51 $

    DO 501

  • Product previewMissa pro Trecentesimo Anno, opus 38A (score)

    Missa pro Trecentesimo Anno, opus 38A (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    64.74 $

    DO 777

  • Product previewMissa pro Trecentesimo Anno, Opus 38C

    Missa pro Trecentesimo Anno, Opus 38C

    HÉTU Jacques

    30.60 $

    DO 779

  • Product previewNocturne, Opus 26

    Nocturne, Opus 26

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 35

  • Product previewOeuvre pour piano de Jacques Hétu

    Oeuvre pour piano de Jacques Hétu

    HÉTU Jacques

    34.13 $

    DO 506

  • Product previewPassage, opus 65

    Passage, opus 65

    HÉTU Jacques

    12.95 $

    DO 349

  • Product previewPetite fanfare pour Lanaudière, Opus 48

    Petite fanfare pour Lanaudière, Opus 48

    HÉTU Jacques

    11.77 $

    DO 352

  • Product previewPetite suite, Opus 7

    Petite suite, Opus 7

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 60

  • Product previewPoème, Opus 47

    Poème, Opus 47

    HÉTU Jacques

    34.13 $

    DO 320

  • Product previewPrélude et danse, Opus 24

    Prélude et danse, Opus 24

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 34

  • Product previewQuatre Interludes, Opus 38B

    Quatre Interludes, Opus 38B

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 778

  • Product previewQuatre miniatures

    Quatre miniatures

    HÉTU Jacques

    20.01 $

    DO 94

  • Product previewQuatuor à cordes No. 1, Opus 19

    Quatuor à cordes No. 1, Opus 19

    HÉTU Jacques

    41.20 $

    DO 814

  • Product previewQuintette, Opus 13

    Quintette, Opus 13

    HÉTU Jacques

    47.08 $

    DO 39

  • Product previewRondo, Opus 25 and Variations, Opus 11A

    Rondo, Opus 25 and Variations, Opus 11A

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 40

  • Product previewScherzo pour quatuor à cordes, Opus 54

    Scherzo pour quatuor à cordes, Opus 54

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 783

  • Product previewSérénade héroïque, Opus 62 (piano réduction)

    Sérénade héroïque, Opus 62 (piano réduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    45.90 $

    DO 377

  • Product previewSérénade héroïque, Opus 62 (score)

    Sérénade héroïque, Opus 62 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 380

  • Product previewSérénade, Opus 45

    Sérénade, Opus 45

    HÉTU Jacques

    27.07 $

    DO 139

  • Product previewSextuor à cordes, opus 71

    Sextuor à cordes, opus 71

    HÉTU Jacques

    51.79 $

    DO 727

  • Product previewSonate for cello and piano, Opus 63

    Sonate for cello and piano, Opus 63

    HÉTU Jacques

    34.13 $

    DO 276

  • Product previewSonate for violin and piano, Opus 58

    Sonate for violin and piano, Opus 58

    HÉTU Jacques

    45.90 $

    DO 206

  • Product previewSonate, Opus 35

    Sonate, Opus 35

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 93

  • Product previewSonate, Opus 6

    Sonate, Opus 6

    HÉTU Jacques

    29.43 $

    DO 123

  • Product previewString quartet, Opus 50, no. 2

    String quartet, Opus 50, no. 2

    HÉTU Jacques

    41.20 $

    DO 157

  • Product previewSuite, opus 41

    Suite, opus 41

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 84

  • Product previewSur les rives du Saint-Maurice, Opus 78

    Sur les rives du Saint-Maurice, Opus 78

    HÉTU Jacques

    94.16 $

    DO 693

  • Product previewSymphonie no 5, Opus 81 (score)

    Symphonie no 5, Opus 81 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    176.55 $

    DO 706

  • Product previewSymphonie no. 4, Opus 55 (score)

    Symphonie no. 4, Opus 55 (score)

    HÉTU Jacques

    103.58 $

    DO 794

  • Product previewToccata, Opus 1

    Toccata, Opus 1

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 156

  • Product previewTrio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano, Opus 73

    Trio pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano, Opus 73

    HÉTU Jacques

    57.67 $

    DO 580

  • Product previewTrio pour hautbois, violon et piano, Opus 82

    Trio pour hautbois, violon et piano, Opus 82

    HÉTU Jacques

    45.90 $

    DO 688

  • Product previewTriple concerto pour violon, violoncelle et piano, Opus 69 (piano reduction)

    Triple concerto pour violon, violoncelle et piano, Opus 69 (piano reduction)

    HÉTU Jacques

    70.62 $

    DO 599

  • Product previewTriple concerto pour violon, violoncelle, piano et orchestre, Opus 69 (score) 69

    Triple concerto pour violon, violoncelle, piano et orchestre, Opus 69 (score) 69

    HÉTU Jacques

    92.98 $

    DO 598

  • Product previewVariations concertantes, Opus 74

    Variations concertantes, Opus 74

    HÉTU Jacques

    81.21 $

    DO 575

  • Product previewVariations Op. 11B

    Variations Op. 11B

    HÉTU Jacques

    14.12 $

    DO 53

  • Product previewVariations, Opus 11C

    Variations, Opus 11C

    HÉTU Jacques

    15.30 $

    DO 54

  • Product previewWorks by Jacques Hétu and André Prévost

    Works by Jacques Hétu and André Prévost

    HÉTU Jacques

    17.66 $

    DO 505