Création en cours
SORORITIES
CATHERINE SIMONPIETRI & FARNAZ MODARRESIFAR
Voix et instrument(s)
sequenza 9.3 Farnaz Modarresifar santur traditional music oral tradition voice choir vocal ensemble choir concert singing world music lyrical singing lyrical singers polyphony
SORORITIES
Catherine Simonpietri & Farnaz Modarresifar
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.