Composition Collection

Ravel's stupidly beautiful Pavane for a Dead Princess. He wrote it in 1899, this is my interpretation of it 115 years later.

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Ravel Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Heartfelt, piano and strings, film music.

I'll See You When I See You

Matrix for Orchestra (2024) Part 3 Nicolas Kingman

Sonate

Driving on the road  through a foggy landscape in the end of november inspired me to create this piece of music...


Nebelschweif überm Novemberwald

"Crossroads" was composed on 31st December 2013 and it is dedicated to Chirea Cello Quartet, a newly-formed quartet consisting of Tian XIE, Chang PAN, Hang-Oh CHO and Hyung-Jun LEE. It depicts a group of youngsters unsure of what to do with their lives upon graduation.

"Crossroads" for cello quartet

A solo piano piece based on the French folk song Auprès de ma blonde.  This piece is from a set of pieces based on the novel La quête d'Alexandre.

Auprès de ma blonde

L'incertitude

Towards Silver Linings

Fourth piece in the set of five short pieces with a Caribbean feel.

Just Situations

Fifth dance from the suite Caribbean Suite.  Inspired by the music from the musical West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein.

Caribbean's West Side

Maurice Ravel - Sonatine (mvnt. I)

Maurice Ravel - Sonatine (mvnt. II)

Famous sentimental piano piece written by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) 

Clair de lune (Moonlight) is the third movement from the work "Suite bergamasque".

Recorded in 2001 by Fiona Bechmann

Debussy - Clair De Lune

Debussy  - Clair De Lune

Du Soleil Au Jardin - Gabriel Dupont

Luc studied music composition at the University of Ottawa with Steven Gellman and John Armstrong.  He graduated with a Master's degree in music composition in 2004.  Luc's work is highly influenced by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Poulenc, Ravel and Debussy.

Luc's music has been performed across Canada and the US by such artists as Jean Desmarais, Julian Armour, Denise Djokic, Renée-Paule Gauthier, Zacharie Fogal,   Thomas Jones, The NOVO ensemble and the Timmins Symphony Orchestra. 

Luc works closely with the Timmins Symphony Orchestra, not only as a contrabassist, but also as a composer.  The TSO has performed a number of his orchestral and chamber works over the last five years.  In April 2014, Luc’s new concerto for recorder and double bass was premiered in Timmins.  This same concerto was also performed by the Georgian Bay Symphony.  

In 2016, Luc was commissioned by the North Bay Symphony Orchestra to write a new work for the 40th anniversary of the NBSO.  Towards Silver Linings was premiered in February 2017.  

As part of the SESQUIE new works project directed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Luc’s Hero’s Fanfare was premiered by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on June 2nd 2017.

Auprès de ma blonde

Composer Luc Martin

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