Philippe Hersant



Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.

Selected works

 * 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


 * 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