For Philippe Hersant it is always a question of memory: recent memory, distant memory, veiled, haunted, almost obsessional; all the more idiosyncratic because it's not symptomatic of a "post" or "neo" something or other. For him, composition is sculpted from sonic images, mental images or even "musical" ones in the shape of quotations. He would readily ascribe a semantic value to his musical ideas, either because they function with a text or in a cinematic or theatrical context. Wherever his compositions co-exist in a symbiotic relation with other art forms, Philippe Hersant harnesses an evocative power producing, purely and simply...music. Wikipedia : Philippe Hersant
Born in Rome, Italy 1948. Lives and works in Paris. Bachelor of arts. Composition prize at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied with André Jolivet. Scholarships at the Casa Velázquez in Madrid (1970-72) and at the Villa Médicis in Rome (1978-80). Composer in residence with the Lyon National Orchestra; multiple prize winner: SACEM (best contemporary creation), SACD (New Talent Prize), Grand Prix Musical de la Ville de Paris (1990) Prix Maurice Ravel (1996) and the Grand Prix de la Musique from the SACEM (1998). Cezame publishes principally his film music and is co-publisher, with Durand, of "Les Ephémères" written for Alice Ader to whom the work is dedicated.
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Générique De Fin [CEO2100 - 15] |
0 | 1'40 | Philippe Hersant | Carefree & childlike. Piano, cello & clarinet. | country & garden charming childhood carefree Twentieth century music impressionism pastoral funny animals happy & joyful everyday life | C | 118 |
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Final Theme [CEO2010 - 5] |
0 | 1'39 | Philippe Hersant | Carefree & childlike. Piano, cello & clarinet. | delicate Twentieth century music pastoral naive country & garden happy & joyful acoustic piano bouncy charming carefree | C | 118 |
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The Picnic [CEO2010 - 3] |
0 | 0'52 | Philippe Hersant | Light & childlike. Cello and clarinet duet. | animation & cartoons childhood Twentieth century music tender pastoral country & garden happy & joyful interrogative introspective naive | D | 123 |
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To Be and to Have (Final
[CEZ4032 - 37] |
0 | 1'39 | Philippe Hersant | Carefree & childlike. Piano, cello & clarinet. | C | 118 |
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The Picnic [CEZ4032 - 35] |
0 | 0'51 | Philippe Hersant | Light & childlike. Cello and clarinet duet. | D | 123 |
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Nocturne [CEZ4032 - 26] |
0 | 1'11 | Philippe Hersant | Bucolic & ironic. Bassoon, clarinette, strings, trombone & double bass. | instrumental | Gm | 117 |
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Southern Valley [CEZ4032 - 20] |
0 | 3'04 | Philippe Hersant | Majestic & panoramic. Solo piano. | impressionism abstract art Twentieth century music acoustic piano uplifting panorama panoramic patient 1900 1920 | Fm | 62 |
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Deserted Land [CEO2010 - 4] |
0 | 1'07 | Philippe Hersant | Questionning & childlike. Piano, cello and clarinet. | shy animation & cartoons Twentieth century music delicate interrogative chamber music pastoral refined country & garden childhood | Dm | 143 |
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The Bicycles [CEO2010 - 2] |
0 | 0'39 | Philippe Hersant | Childlike & naive. Piano, cello and clarinet. | childhood acoustic piano animation & cartoons delicate Twentieth century music pastoral farmyard animals arts happy & joyful insects | Am | 83 |
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Deserted Land [CEZ4032 - 36] |
0 | 1'06 | Philippe Hersant | Questionning & childlike. Piano, cello and clarinet. | Dm | 140 |
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The Bicycles [CEZ4032 - 34] |
0 | 0'39 | Philippe Hersant | Childlike & naive. Piano, cello and clarinet. | Am | 98 |
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The Department of Sculpture [CEZ4032 - 31] |
0 | 0'46 | Philippe Hersant | Mischievous & suspensful. String quartet, clarinet & bass clarinet. | instrumental | F | 111 |
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The Night Watch [CEZ4032 - 29] |
0 | 1'40 | Philippe Hersant | Mysterious & suspended. String quartet, clarinet & bass clarinet. | instrumental | Gm | 144 |
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The Giraffe and the
[CEZ4032 - 27] |
0 | 1'08 | Philippe Hersant | Mysterious & playful. Piano, violin, cello, alto, double bass, clarinet, bassoon & trombone. | instrumental | A | 120 |
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The Pine Trees [CEO2010 - 1] |
0 | 1'01 | Philippe Hersant | Fairy & mysterious. Piano, cello & clarinet. | Twentieth century music rumbling arts magical temperate forest mysterious nocturnal acoustic piano strict cello | Am | 130 |
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Path Of The Angel [CEO2009 - 4] |
0 | 1'31 | Philippe Hersant | Questionning & bucolic. String quartet, clarinet & bass clarinet. | Twentieth century music peaceful interrogative animation & cartoons calm suspended atmosphere temperate forest intimate introspective melancholic | D | 104 |
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Prelude [CEO2008 - 1] |
0 | 1'50 | Philippe Hersant | Bucolic & mischievous. Piano, bassoon, clarinette, violin, cello, alto, double & trombone. | animation & cartoons farmyard animals Twentieth century music bassoon pastoral country & garden magical temperate forest impressionism interrogative | Gm | 114 |
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Deuxième Lettre d'Orient [CEZ4019 - 23] |
0 | 2'20 | Philippe Hersant | Bassoon & clarinet. | instrumental | Ab | 68 |
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Cloud [CEZ4032 - 16] |
0 | 2'16 | Philippe Hersant | Introspective & melancholic. Solo piano. | impressionism Twentieth century music melancholic acoustic piano 1900 1920 1930 arts cold hypnotic | Bbm | 99 |
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Path of the Angel [CEZ4032 - 32] |
0 | 1'30 | Philippe Hersant | Questionning & bucolic. String quartet, clarinet & bass clarinet. | D | 104 |
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The Pine Trees [CEZ4032 - 33] |
0 | 1'01 | Philippe Hersant | Fairy & mysterious. Piano, cello & clarinet. | Am | 96 |
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At the Temple of Suma [CEZ4032 - 14] |
0 | 0'48 | Philippe Hersant | Bucolic, joyful & naive. Solo piano. | impressionism acoustic piano delicate luminous birds undulating flowing Twentieth century music 1900 1920 | Bm | 140 |
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Toads and Insects [CEZ4032 - 28] |
0 | 2'35 | Philippe Hersant | Bucolic & nocturnal. Piano, violin, cello, alto, double bass, clarinet, bassoon & trombone. | instrumental | D | 65 |
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Prelude [CEZ4032 - 25] |
0 | 1'50 | Philippe Hersant | Bucolic & mischievous. Piano, bassoon, clarinette, violin, cello, alto, double & trombone. | Gm | 114 |
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Wrong Track [CEZ4082 - 36] |
0 | 1'57 | Philippe Hersant | Unstable & disturbing. Viola duo. | insidious unstable viola natural disaster sparse sinister tormented tragic desolate destiny | Gm | 82 |
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Paysage en Danger [CEV3002 - 27] |
0 | 2'14 | Philippe Hersant | Tragical & tormented. Cello & piano. | desolate historical narrative abstract art suspended atmosphere interrogative introspective Twentieth century music acoustic piano disturbing insidious | Gm | 76 |
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Oriental Letter [CEZ4015 - 32] |
0 | 1'17 | Philippe Hersant | Unusual & ancestral. Viola & bassoon duet. | chamber music 1920 interrogative bassoon unstable Middle-East & Maghreb mysterious viola 1900 abstract art | Ebm | 118 |
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White Fish [CEZ4032 - 5] |
0 | 0'25 | Philippe Hersant | Playful & excentric. Solo piano. | unstable ironical & mischievous acoustic piano Twentieth century music swirling 1900 1920 1930 funny abstract art | Ebm | 119 |
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In the Evening Air [CEZ4032 - 4] |
0 | 2'01 | Philippe Hersant | Questioning & enchanting. Solo piano. | acoustic piano abstract art impressionism refined unstable Twentieth century music undulating interrogative 1900 1920 | Gb | 165 |
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Enchantment [CEZ4032 - 10] |
0 | 1'59 | Philippe Hersant | Delicate, simple & contemplative. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music sparse impressionism acoustic piano delicate intimate peaceful pastoral suspended atmosphere introspective | Bm | 72 |
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Troisième Lettre d'Orient [CEZ4019 - 30] |
0 | 1'00 | Philippe Hersant | Bassoon & violin. | contemporary serious music (all) animation & cartoons abstract art contemporary art bassoon magical unclassifiable interrogative mysterious panoramic | Gbm | 152 |
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Strange [CEZ4015 - 25] |
0 | 2'16 | Philippe Hersant | Desolated & mysterious. Bassoon & ensemble. | desolate sinister contemporary art historical conflict disturbing sparse fantasy geopolitics unclassifiable introspective | Bbm | 111 |
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An Ant [CEZ4032 - 12] |
0 | 0'35 | Philippe Hersant | Playful, ironical & sparse. Solo piano. | abstract art unstable intermittent insects acoustic piano sparse happy & joyful interrogative introspective ironical & mischievous | Bbm | 113 |
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Winter Desolation [CEZ4032 - 23] |
0 | 2'04 | Philippe Hersant | Desolated, obstinate & interrogative. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music desolate abstract art acoustic piano 1900 1920 1930 arts crescendo cold | Ab | 129 |
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The Cotton Bow [CEZ4032 - 19] |
0 | 1'11 | Philippe Hersant | Ondulating & obstinate. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music undulating acoustic piano 1900 1920 1930 abstract art waterfall silent movie steady | Ab | 144 |
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Bird of Silences [CEZ4032 - 13] |
0 | 4'31 | Philippe Hersant | Melancholic, nocturnal & sparse. Piano solo. | abstract art sparse Twentieth century music acoustic piano impressionism pastoral silence 1900 1920 1930 | Bbm | 118 |
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In this Autumn [CEZ4032 - 1] |
0 | 2'15 | Philippe Hersant | Peaceful & simple. Solo piano. | impressionism Twentieth century music sparse acoustic piano refined 1900 temperate forest peaceful 1920 1930 | Bbm | 65 |
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Hurricane [CEZ4032 - 7] |
0 | 1'37 | Philippe Hersant | Determined, fiery & stormy. | disturbing noisy chaotic fiery acoustic piano urgent rumbling powerful & imposing 1900 aggressive & violent | Cm | 111 |
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The Firefly [CEZ4032 - 3] |
0 | 0'33 | Philippe Hersant | Delicate, strange & weird. Solo piano. | abstract art acoustic piano crystalline delicate Twentieth century music luminous birds sudden 1900 1920 | Dm | 130 |
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Horseback Ride [CEZ4032 - 17] |
0 | 0'50 | Philippe Hersant | Tumultuous & passionate. Solo piano. | chaotic driving fiery Twentieth century music urgent abstract art proud acoustic piano swirling 1900 | Gbm | 185 |
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Veiled Moon [CEZ4032 - 8] |
0 | 1'33 | Philippe Hersant | Haunting, nocturnal & introspectve. Solo piano. | abstract art Twentieth century music impressionism introspective acoustic piano 1900 1920 1930 19th century intermittent | Bbm | 89 |
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The Octopus [CEZ4032 - 15] |
0 | 1'24 | Philippe Hersant | Ondulating & eccentric. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music acoustic piano complex disturbing luminous vibrating 1900 1920 1930 abstract art | Dbm | 91 |
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Autumn Wind [CEZ4032 - 6] |
0 | 2'00 | Philippe Hersant | Mysterious, introspective & weird. Solo piano. | abstract art Twentieth century music acoustic piano silent movie disturbing 1900 1920 1930 steady flowing | Dbm | 112 |
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Bamboo [CEZ4032 - 9] |
0 | 0'29 | Philippe Hersant | Fiery & passionate. Solo piano. | acoustic piano fiery Twentieth century music 1900 1920 1930 abstract art rising impressionism undulating | Bbm | 153 |
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The Duck [CEZ4032 - 22] |
0 | 1'06 | Philippe Hersant | Mischievous & questioning. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music abstract art unstable acoustic piano silence 1900 1920 1930 farmyard animals silent movie | Ab | 96 |
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Warriors [CEZ4032 - 11] |
0 | 1'07 | Philippe Hersant | Punctuated & determined. Solo piano. | jerky abstract art proud fiery Twentieth century music acoustic piano sudden 1940 driving intermittent | G | 133 |
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The Heron [CEZ4032 - 18] |
0 | 1'06 | Philippe Hersant | Interrogative & enchanting. Solo piano. | Twentieth century music unstable 1900 1920 1930 19th century abstract art intermittent magical geopolitics | Bb | 163 |
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The Milky Way [CEZ4032 - 21] |
0 | 3'22 | Philippe Hersant | Tormented & tumultuous. Solo piano. | tormented noisy chaotic complex disturbing Twentieth century music building 19th century natural disaster explosive | Bbm | 148 |
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The Plover [CEZ4032 - 2] |
0 | 1'15 | Philippe Hersant | Haunting & agitated. Solo piano. | abstract art chaotic acoustic piano silent movie disturbing Twentieth century music sudden 1930 arts waterfall | Bbm | 122 |
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The Moor [CEZ4032 - 24] |
0 | 5'04 | Philippe Hersant | Poignant, tragic & punctuated. Solo piano. | disturbing Twentieth century music destiny proud acoustic piano tormented tragic 1920 1930 1940 | Fm | 62 |
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