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SORORITIES

CATHERINE SIMONPIETRI & FARNAZ MODARRESIFAR

Voix et instrument(s)

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SORORITIES

Catherine Simonpietri & Farnaz Modarresifar

For one evening, eight women unite their sensibilities to create a luminous polyphony, the soothing murmur of sisterhood.

Interwoven with santûr improvisations

Based on songs collected in Seine-Saint-Denis

  • Albania Asaman O trëndafili çelës - Alexandros Markeas
  • Romania Ciobănaș - Alexandros Markeas
  • Greece Mesopelaga - Alexandros Markeas
  • Turkey Ilgaz - Coralie Fayolle
  • Palestine Nami ya Hanin - Coralie Fayolle
  • Israel Yeroushalayim - Coralie Fayolle
  • Egypt Ah ya zain - Alexandros Markeas
  • Albania Ani mori nuse - François Saint-Yves

Female songs from the island of Corsica interwoven with santûr improvisations


Lullabies arranged by François Saint-Yves

  • Nanna di Palleca
  • O ciucciarella
  • Nanna di u dila da i monti

 

  • Vocero 1, Henri Tomasi - Extract from Douze chants de l'île de Corse

Commissions by Ensemble Sequenza 9.3

  • Sororité, Alexandros Markeas/ text by Alice Fagard - excerpt from Cantate 2024
  • Ackee, Diana Soh/ poem by Marion Aubert - excerpt from Célébrations 2023
  • Sangu di Rosa, Lucia Ronchetti/ libretto inspired by Corsican voceri - Premiere 2021

Piece for a woman's voice a cappella

  • Che si può fare? Farnaz Modarresifar - tribute to Barbara Strozzi

Six female voices from Ensemble vocal Sequenza 9.3 perform women's songs collected in Seine-Saint-Denis, a rich heritage handed down through generations. They are interwoven with improvisations on the santûr, a traditional Middle Eastern zither played by Iranian composer Farnaz Modarresifar.