Philippe Hersant
Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand.
- Stage
- Le Château des Carpathes, Opera in a prologue and 2 scenes (1989–1991); libretto by Jorge Silva Melo after the novel by Jules Verne
- Wuthering Heights, Ballet in 2 acts (2000–2001); based on the novel by Emily Brontë
- Le Moine noir, Opera in 8 scenes (2003–2005); libretto by Yves Hersant after the short story The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov
- Les Éclairs, Opera ("drame joyeux") in 4 acts (2021); libretto by Jean Echenoz after his novel Des éclairs[2]
- Orchestral
- Aztlan (1983)
- Stances (1978, revised 1992)
- Le Cantique des 3 enfants dans la fournaise (1995), poem by Antoine Godeau, in front of La Messe à 4 Choeurs H.4 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier with same chorus and orchestra. (recorded in 2019)
- 5 Pièces (1997)
- Patmos for string orchestra (2007)
- Concertante
- Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra (1989)
- Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1996–1997)
- Streams for piano and orchestra (2000)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (2003)
- Musical humors, Concerto for viola and string orchestra (2003)
- Le Tombeau de Virgile for harp and orchestra (2006)
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2011)
- Chamber music
- String Quartet No. 1 (1985)
- Pavane for viola solo (1987)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1988)
- Élégie for string quartet (1990)
- Duo Séphardim for viola and bassoon (1993)
- 11 Caprices for 2 violins (or violas) (1994)
- 8 Duos for viola and bassoon (1995)
- Niggun for solo bassoon (1995)
- Cinq miniatures for solo alto flute or C flute (1995)
- In nomine for 7 cellos (2001)
- 3 Nocturnes for flute, viola and harp (2001)
- Sonata for cello solo (2003)
- Choral for cello and harp (2004)
- Tenebrae for viola and piano (2005)
- 6 Bagatelles for clarinet, viola and piano (2007)
- Film scores
| Year | French title (original title) | English title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | O Desejado (Les Montagnes de la lune) | Paulo Rocha | ||
| 1990 | La Ville Louvre | Louvre City | Nicolas Philibert | documentary |
| 1991 | Arthur Rimbaud, une biographie | Arthur Rimbaud: A Biography | Richard Dindo | |
| 1994 | Lettre pour L... | Letter for L... | Romain Goupil | |
| 1995 | La Restitution | Catherine Zins | ||
| 1996 | Un animal, des animaux | Animals and More Animals | Nicolas Philibert | documentary |
| 1998 | L'interview | Xavier Giannoli | short film: 25 minutes | |
| 1998 | Qui sait? | Nicolas Philibert | documentary | |
| 2002 | Être et Avoir | To Be and to Have | Nicolas Philibert | documentary |
| 2008 | Les Caravage de Philippe de Béthune | Michel Van Zele | documentary | |
| 2010 | Nénette | Nénette | Nicolas Philibert | documentary; music also by Pascal Gallois |
| 2010 | Les mains en l'air | Hands Up | Romain Goupil |
References
[edit]- ^ Revue des deux mondes 2001 p73 "Compositeur né en 1948, producteur à France Musique. Licencié en lettres modernes, Philippe Hersant a fait ses études musicales au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, où il a travaillé ..."
- ^ "Les Éclairs - Opéra Comique". OperaVision. 3 Dec 2021.
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