Philippe Hersant

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Name Philippe Hersant Role Composer		Education Conservatoire de Paris


Albums La ville Louvre (A Film By Nicolas Philibert - The Director of Etre et Avoir) Music director To Be and to Have, Nenette, Hands Up, L'Interview, O Desejado Similar People Nicolas Philibert, Marc‑Antoine Charpentier, Jorge Silva Melo

Philippe hersant le chemin de jerusalem 2007 performed by hannah robbins march 30th

Philippe Hersant (Rome, 21 June 1948) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique, Paris.

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

Orchestral

Aztlan (1983)

Stances (1978, revised 1992)

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)

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)

Niggun for solo bassoon (2013)

Film scores

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