Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, Jacob's Dreams being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Jacob's Dreams. Composed in 1949, Jacob's Dreams is a dance suite, written for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass. It is an alternative, exciting suite, based on the dreams of Jacob in the Bible and made up of five movements; 1) Jacob's Pillow, 2) The first dream (the angel's ladder), 3) Prophecy, 4) Second dream(fight with the dark angel and benediction), and 5) Israel (Hymn). Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals, harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud 's Jacob's Dream is essential to all advanced ensembles seeking modern and exciting repertoire./ Répertoire / Hautbois, Violon, Alto, Violoncelle et Contrebasse

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1. Moderement anime; 2. Etude du Hasard dirige; 3. Moderement expressif; 4. Alerte (for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass)/ Répertoire / 2 Violons, 2 Altos, 2 Violoncelles et Contrebasse

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1. Lent et Doux; 2. Premier Hymne; 3. Deuxième Hymne; 4. Lent et Doux/ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1. Vif; 2. Modere; 3. Gai (for viola and cello)/ Répertoire / Alto et Violoncelle

The French composer Darius Milhaud wrote prolifically and skilfully. In addition to having been a member of the French avant-garde group 'Les Six' he absorbed jazz influences after spending some time in America and managedto combine the two into his distinctive signature style. This Concerto for Cello No.2 was written in 1945 and is longer than its 1934 predecessor having an approximate duration of 20 minutes.

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1. Lent; 2. Vif; 3. Lent; 4. Modere; 5. Anime (for cello solo and string quintet (2 violins, 2 violas and cello))/ Répertoire / 2 Violons, 2 Altos et 2 Violoncelles

extrait de la musique de scène pour « Le Voyageur sans bagages »-A previously unreleased piece by Francis Poulenc published with permission from the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris and Benoît Seringe secretary of the Association des amis de Francis Poulenc [Association of the Friends of Francis Poulenc]. Le Voyageur sans bagage [The Traveller Without Luggage] which had been premiered in 1937 with music by Darius Milhaud was reprised on 1 April 1944 at the Théâtre de la Michodière; Francis Poulenc was asked to compose new stage music. The entire unpublished score lay undiscovered until Bérengère del’Épine a librarian at the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris announced the existence of a manuscript in the Association de la Régie Théâtrale collection. Poulenc finalised the score between 19 and 21 March 1944. It contains nine songs all written for a small instrumental ensemble including Oboe Clarinet Cello and Piano. However at the end of the manuscript the composer echoes the second song – Lent [Slow] – and creates another version for Cello and Piano; curiously the original version of the song has not been erased in the manuscript. Poulenc seems to suggest that we consider the piece for Cello and Piano that we have published here as a different piece of music. It was premiered on Wednesday 23 January 2013 by Marc Coppey accompanied by Jean-François Heisser in the organ auditorium of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) during the symposium for the fiftieth anniversary of Poulenc’s death. Given in a dramatic context some elements allow us to get an idea of the character of the piece which Benoît Seringe Poulenc’s beneficiary judiciously chose to name Souvenirs. The main character of Anouilh’s play Gaston is suffering from amnesia at the end of World

for Double Wind Quintet. Par CESARINI FRANCO. Initialement composée pour orchestre d?harmonie, Pastorale de Provence, une suite en quatre mouvements, a été écrite par Franco Cesarini pour rendre hommage à un célèbre compositeur provençal, à savoir Darius Milhaud. La pièce est riche en références musicales et les titres des mouvements - La villageoise, Le petit berger, La princesse et Le lutin reprennent la caractéristique des compositeurs français du XVIIIe siècle qui, pour souligner le caractère de leurs compositions, utilisaient souvent des titres descriptifs. Un autre aspect important de cette composition est la forme des différents mouvements, chaque mouvement reprenant une danse ancienne : une ronde pour le premier mouvement, une musette pour le deuxième, une pavane pour le troisième mouvement et une farandole pour le quatrième. / Niveau : Intermédiaire - Avancé / Date parution : 2021-11-03/ Répertoire / Double Quintette à Vents