20th century
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Rivier Jean
Aitken, Robert
Arnold, Malcolm
Barber, Samuel
Bartók, Béla Viktor János
Beaser, Robert
Bennet, Richard Rodney
Berio, Luciano
Bernstein, Leonard
Bloch, Ernest
Bolling, Claude
Boulanger, Marie-Juliette
Bozza, Eugène Joseph
Brown, Elizabeth
Brun, Georges
Burton, Eldin
Büsser, Henri
Camus, Pierre
Carter, Elliott
Casella, Alfredo
Clarke, Ian
Colquhoun, Michael
Copland, Aaron
Corigliano, John
Dahl, Walter Ingolf Marcus
Damase, Jean-Michel
Davidovsky, Mario
Debussy, Claude
Del Tredici, David
Denisov, Edison
Dick, Robert
Dohnányi, Ernő
Dutilleux, Henri
Enescu, George
Feld, Jindřich
Ferroud, Pierre-Octave
Foote, Arthur
Foss, Lukas
Françaix, Jean
Fukushima, Kazuo
Gaubert, Philippe
Gieseking, Walter
Gordeli, Otar
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson
Grovlez, Gabriel
Guarnieri, Mozart Camargo
Hanson, Howard Harold
Harsányi, Tibor
Harty, Hamilton
Heiss, John
Heith, David
Higdon, Jennifer
Hindemith, Paul
Honegger, Arthur
Hoover, Katherine
Hosokawa, Toshio
Hovhaness, Alan
Hüe, Georges Adolphe
Ibert, Jacques
Ichiyanagi, Toshi
Ittzés, Gergely
Jacob, Gordon
Jemnitz, Sándor
Jirák, Karel Boleslav
Jolivet, André
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid
Kennan, Kent Wheeler
Kornauth, Egon
La Montaine, John
Liebermann, Lowell
Martin, Frank
Martino, Donald
Martinů, Bohuslav
Messiaen, Olivier
Mihalovici, Marcel
Milhaud, Darius
Mouquet, Jules
Mower, Mike
Muczynski, Robert
Nielsen, Carl
Offermans, Wil
Piazzolla, Astor
Piston, Walter
Poulenc, Francis
Prokofiev, Sergey
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Ran, Shulamit
Ravel, Maurice
Reynolds, Verne
Rivier, Jean
Rota, Nino
Roussel, Albert
Rutter, John
Saariaho, Kaija
Sancan, Pierre
Schulhoff, Erwin
Schwantner, Joseph
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Tailleferre, Germaine
Takemitsu, Tōru
Taktakishvili, Otar
Varèse, Edgar
Vasks, Pēteris
Weigl, Vally
Williams, Ralph Vaughan
Yun, Isang
Concerto for flute and strings
Concerto for flute and strings
J. Rivier: Concerto for Flute and Strings was written in 1955 and dedicated to Jean-Pierre Rampal.
String Orchestra of Association des Concerts Lamoureux, Louis de Froment (conductor), recorded at Notre-Dame du Liban church in Paris, 1964 ERATO
1. Allegro moderato, 2. Lento sensibile, 3. Molto vivace
BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry So (conductor), 2019, Wyastone Estate / Orchard
1. Allegro moderato
BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry So (conductor), 2019, Wyastone Estate / Orchard
2. Lento sensibile
BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry So (conductor), 2019, Wyastone Estate / Orchard
3. Molto vivace
Rivier Jean
Jean Rivier (1896-1986) was a French pianist, cellist and composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and is regarded as one of the most distinguished figures of French neo-classicism. Musical studies, majoring in philosophy and surviving a mustard gas attack during his service in World War I which severely damaged his lungs – all this shaped River's character and musical style.
In the late 1930s Jean Rivier was one of members of the Group du Triton. The group of which consisted of three composers (Jean Rivier, Henry Barraud and Pierre Octave Ferroud) succeeded the famous Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Durey, Tailleferre and Honegger). From 1948 till 1962 he served as Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatory. Among his most notable works: oratorio Christus Rex (1966); Requiem (1953) etc. Other compositions for flute: Sonatine for Flute and Piano (1956) and Duo for Flute and Clarinet (1968).