An-Nâs

An-Nâs is a piece of chamber music for string trio and percussion, inspired by the last surah 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 upstroke of calligraphy, and the soul of this vision. It consists of four successive “solos”: violin, viola, cello and percussion, relatively slow and airy movements. After 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

Set
1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 percussion Percussion

percussions
2 tams-big and medium-1 bass drum, 1 vibraphone or glock, 1 rubber ball, knitting needles

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