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-This list is non complete, and all the scores are not online. Please ask for more info.
For the visuals (collages, books and video), please ask (>contact)
The scores with a * are recorded and available on CD (>discography)
first performed on the 14th of april 2001 in Odessa (Ukrain), at Two days and two nights of Music festival.
for flute, fender rhodes and tape/computer/CD
for string quartet, (23mn)
28 janvier 2005
for baritone and piano, (12 mn)
Black page* & Sleep Dirt*
2 pieces by Frank Zappa,
Talea
for four percussionnists (15 mn)
premiered by Drumming grupo de percussao,
in Orléans, scène Nationale,
april 2011.
look and listen to Talea here
Finger and Mouth
Here it ended even further
electric guitar
premiered by François Deppe, Paris, april 2008. (3 mn)
extract from "telegrams from the Nose"
Observations sur les ombres accidentelles et les murmures colorés
Analogy Fair
I don't belong to your world
for a speaking marimba player
(playing on a prepared marimba)
6 mn30, 2010/2013
score on request :
contact
35 minutes
preview of the opera
music puppet theater with CRWTH collective.
for 5 voices, prepared piano and electronics. (65 mn)
60 minutes,
video, text, music and direction by François Sarhan
music theater, with Ictus Ensemble.
commissioned by Bregenzer Festspiele.
premiered in Bregenz Kunst aus der Zeit 2011.
90 minutes (have a look)
series of music theater performances, 60 minutes each.
series of radiophonic sketches, for narrator and 5 musicians,
Deluxe coucou
(8 minutes)
Commissioned by Reconsil Ensemble, Vienna.
for violin solo and ensemble :
flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, cello, double bass and piano.
Missing*
7 minutes
for guitar, piano, stroh violin, percussion, double bass and pre recorded sound.
commissioned by Arsenal de Metz, first performed by Ictus Ensemble.
listen to Missing here
Petit Dibbuk
for small orchestra (1/1/1/1/1, 2/0/0/0, strings : 6/5/4/3/2) (2011)
(17 mn)
commissioned by Orchestre des pays de Savoie,
premiered in Orléans, Febr. 2012.
score on request :
contact
-This list is non complete, and all the scores are not online. Please ask for more info.
For the visuals (collages, books and video), please ask (>contact)
The scores with a * are recorded and available on CD (>discography)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Short pieces for any performer: text and body percussion. 1 up to 4 performers.
Details and descriptions are here
various instrumentations
Situations
Short pieces for any performer: text and body percussion. 1 up to 4 performers.
Details and descriptions are here
- Remember
- Succumb
- Use composition...
- Vice versa
- If you have to
- A good action
- Imagination
- Art incognito
- Obsessions
- Only
- Forget it
- Announcement
- The world is my imagination
- it can't be!
- Freiheit und Macht
- Understand
- If you don´t own
- "I" is an identity fantasy
- We do not need regulation
- If i know...
- Audience reactions
- Before
- The worker
- ...
- Enough
- Theatre
Hell (a small detail)* (2001)
commissioned by Sonor ensemble (Baku, Azerbaidjan)first performed on the 14th of april 2001 in Odessa (Ukrain), at Two days and two nights of Music festival.
Oh, Nuncle*
for 4 voices (satb), (9 mn)
on fragments of King Lear,
commissioned by Music i Väst (Sweden). premiere : february 2003, by VOX vocal ensemble.
Such is life*
for 4 voices (satb). (6 mn)
text : E. Lear ; first performance : 8th of february 2001 in Stockholm, by VOX ensemble.
Lucy B
for mezzo or soprano and string quartet
commissioned Théâtre d'Orléans (France),
first performance : 9th of april 2011 by Mrs Dupuis and the Diotima Quartet.
- Overture
- How she was born
- Supper's ready
- Mystical question
- The answer
- ------
- a week of Lucy B.
BON PIED BEL OEIL
for flute, fender rhodes and tape/computer/CD
commissioned by Donaueschinger Musik Tage 2011, first performed by Ensemble Recherche in october 2011. (7mn)
BOBOK*
for string quartet, (23mn)
commissioned by festival Octobre en Normandie.
first performance 17th of october 2002, by Rosamonde String Quartet.
28 janvier 2005
for baritone and piano, (12 mn)
commissioned byLa Péniche opéra, Paris
premiered by Lionel Peintre and Vincent Leterme, 6th of june 2005, in La Péniche Opéra, Paris.
listen to 28 janvier 2005 here
listen to 28 janvier 2005 here
Black page* & Sleep Dirt*
2 pieces by Frank Zappa,
arranged for string quartet (10 mn),
distant transcription s, premiered by quatuor Rosamonde, Rouen, (same than bobok) 2002.
Talea
for four percussionnists (15 mn)
premiered by Drumming grupo de percussao,
in Orléans, scène Nationale,
april 2011.
look and listen to Talea here
SOLO PIECES
piano
O piano
(2012), 14 mn.
for a speaking pianist and prerecorded sounds (in english)
score & prerecorded sounds on request (email on contact page)
contact
watch and listen to a wonderful french version by my friend Nicolas Mallarte HERE
prélude & fugue in C*, from the well tempered keyboard
(2012), 14 mn.
for a speaking pianist and prerecorded sounds (in english)
score & prerecorded sounds on request (email on contact page)
contact
watch and listen to a wonderful french version by my friend Nicolas Mallarte HERE
prélude & fugue in C*, from the well tempered keyboard
after JS Bach (2 mn)
transcribed (rewritten) for piano for Antony Gray
Finger and Mouth
for keyboard and video
commissioned by Zeitraume Festival and Wien Modern.
commissioned by Zeitraume Festival and Wien Modern.
premiered in 2017 by Clemens Hund-Göschel. (12mn)
Here it ended even further
two pieces (5 minutes each), for solo piano,
premiered during Hagiographie , théâtre des bouffes du Nord, june 2011,
by Sébastien Vichard.
premiered during Hagiographie , théâtre des bouffes du Nord, june 2011,
by Sébastien Vichard.
electric guitar
My Uselessness
(2017)
cello
Amitié
premiered by François Deppe, Paris, april 2008. (3 mn)
extract from "telegrams from the Nose"
Observations sur les ombres accidentelles et les murmures colorés
(14 minutes)
Un Chevalier
solo violin or solo strohviolin, text based on Daniil Harms.
(3 mn)
violin
solo violin or solo strohviolin, text based on Daniil Harms.
(3 mn)
premiered by Igor Semenoff,
Paris, april 2008.
extract from "telegrams from the Nose"
Oublié ! / Forgotten
solo violin, text based on Daniil Harms. (4mn)
Deluxe Coucou
solo violin, exists also with ensemble, see below (5mn)
percussion
Analogy Fair
for 2 speaking players
10 mn30, 2017
for solo body percussion (have a look!)
I don't belong to your world
(playing on a prepared marimba)
6 mn30, 2010/2013
score on request :
contact
SHOWS, STAGE MUSIC, music theatre
Telegrams from the Nose (have a look !)
35 minutes
5 musicians and a narrator.
chamber opera on texts by Daniil Harms, François Sarhan and William Kentridge.
stage design and direction: William Kentridge.
commissioned by opera de lille
premiered in Paris in april 2008.
Lear Summaries
preview of the opera
four solo voices
20 minutes,
commissioned by Vox ensemble, Sweden.
premiered in july 2007 in Viitasaari.
Les Articulations de la Reine
music puppet theater with CRWTH collective.
(one hour 10 mn)
on an original idea by François Sarhan, text by Bertrand Raynaud, set by Fred Pommerehn.
commissioned by Archipel festival, Genève.
premiered march 8 and 9th 2005, and toured in Europe,
april 2005 / january 2006.
Kyrielle du Sentiment des Choses*
for 5 voices, prepared piano and electronics. (65 mn)
on an original text by Jacques Roubaud,
commissioned and produced by
Théâtre et Musique, 55th festival d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, Théatre National de la Colline and Octobre en Normandie.
Avant-première at festival d’Aix-en-Provence, juillet 2003.
Premiere at Théâtre de la Colline, Paris, 5th march-3rd april 2004.
by Ring Ensemble (Helsinki), Vincent Leterme, piano.
Home Work (have a look)
60 minutes,
video, text, music and direction by François Sarhan
music theater, with Ictus Ensemble.
commissioned by Bregenzer Festspiele.
premiered in Bregenz Kunst aus der Zeit 2011.
A King, Lear
90 minutes (have a look)
music theatre, on an original text by Jacques Roubaud, based on Shakespeare piece. commissioned by Vara Konzerthus, Automne en Normandie, premiered in le Havre fall 2011.
With Johanne Saunier, Jim Clayburgh, Diotima quartet, Julie Verbinen, Miquel Bernat and Vox vocal quartet
Les leçons du professeur Glaçon
series of music theater performances, 60 minutes each.
1. la guitare automatique
2. la vie des bêtes
3. Hagiographie
4. le serpent à cordes
5. the life and work of Mario Bossi
5. the life and work of Mario Bossi
various instrumentations.
music, video, text and conception by françois sarhan.
L'abominable docteur Orloff*
series of radiophonic sketches, for narrator and 5 musicians,
texts by François Sarhan, based on "The awful Dr Orloff", by Jess Franco (1960)
40 minutes in total.
ENSEMBLE
Potence à paratonnerre (2017)
for ensemble (10 musicians)
commissioned by Ensemble Mozaik, Siemens Stiftung and festival Eclat
premiered on janary 31st 2018
Wandering Rocks*
for 4 electric guitars and electronics (2013)
for 4 electric guitars and electronics (2013)
Deluxe coucou
(8 minutes)
Commissioned by Reconsil Ensemble, Vienna.
for violin solo and ensemble :
flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, cello, double bass and piano.
Missing*
7 minutes
for guitar, piano, stroh violin, percussion, double bass and pre recorded sound.
commissioned by Arsenal de Metz, first performed by Ictus Ensemble.
listen to Missing here
Testimony
19 musicians and electronics
19 musicians and electronics
50 minutes
on texts from Testimony,
by charles Reznikoff.
commissioned by Arsenal de Metz.
premiered by Ensemble Modern in june 2007.
*The name of the song
for string trio, percussion, electronics, fender rhodes and narrator.
14 minutes.
commissioned by Donaueschingen Festival,
premiered by Ensemble Recherche, october 2007.
listen to The Name of the Song HERE
listen to The Name of the Song HERE
L'Nfer, un point de détail*
60 minutes
Evening event, including installation, music, and spoken text.
Text, set, music : François Sarhan
Production : Metz, Arsenal,
5 pieces for viola and orchestra
orchestra:
2/2/2/2 -4/2/2/3-hpa, pno, 2percs, timbs, strings : 8/7/6/5/4(12 mn)
commissioned by Radio France.
premiere in march 2005,
by orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France, with Vincent Gaugué, viola.
DIBBUK
for full orchestra (2010)
(25 mn)
commissioned by Mödchengladbach Philharmonie,
for the Rheinischer Symphony Orchestra
premiered in Rheidt, spring 2010
Petit Dibbuk
for small orchestra (1/1/1/1/1, 2/0/0/0, strings : 6/5/4/3/2) (2011)
(17 mn)
commissioned by Orchestre des pays de Savoie,
premiered in Orléans, Febr. 2012.
score on request :
contact
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