Philippe Hersant
Philippe Hersant is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Selected works
;Stage- Le Château des Carpathes, Opera in a prologue and 2 scenes ; libretto by Jorge Silva Melo after the novel by Jules Verne
- Wuthering Heights, Ballet in 2 acts ; based on the novel by Emily Brontë
- Le Moine noir, Opera in 8 scenes ; libretto by Yves Hersant after the short story The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov
- Aztlan
- Stances
- Le Cantique des 3 enfants dans la fournaise, poem by Antoine Godeau, in front of La Messe à 4 Choeurs H. 4 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier with same chorus and orchestra.
- 5 Pièces
- Patmos for string orchestra
- Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra
- Streams for piano and orchestra
- Concerto for violin and orchestra
- Musical humors, Concerto for viola and string orchestra
- Le Tombeau de Virgile for harp and orchestra
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
- String Quartet No. 1
- Pavane for viola solo
- String Quartet No. 2
- Élégie for string quartet
- Duo Séphardim for viola and bassoon
- 11 Caprices for 2 violins
- 8 Duos for viola and bassoon
- Niggun for solo bassoon
- In nomine for 7 cellos
- 3 Nocturnes for flute, viola and harp
- Sonata for cello solo
- Choral for cello and harp
- Tenebrae for viola and piano
- 6 Bagatelles for clarinet, viola and piano
Year | French title | English title | Director | Notes |
1987 | O Desejado | 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 |