An-Nâs version with qanun

An Nâs is a chamber music piece originally written for string trio and percussion, inspired by the last sura of the Koran “The Men”. Without touching the sacred text, the instrumental writing creeps into the writing of the word (sound), the full and the free of calligraphy, and the essence of this vision. It consists of four successive “solos”: flute, clarinet, qanun and percussion, relatively slow and airy movements. Following this exhibition, we are felling in tutti these same four parts overlapping. Everything is linked in a great meditation and looks like a ritual ceremony. The hearing, which has already become accustomed to each form, enjoys finding its traces, while discovering a fifth form, a sentence, a reconstituted word, as something latent that emerges.

Title
The title “An Nâs” (Men) is the last surah of the Quran

effectif
1 flute, 1 clarinet, 1 qanun, 1 percussion