Symphony No. 11 (Milhaud)

The Symphony No. 11, Op. 384, nicknamed Dennis, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1960 on a joint commission from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Public Library, and received its premiere under conductor Paul Kletzki.^[1]

Milhaud's Eleventh Symphony is a three-movement work with a total running time of about 19 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows:

Intense (approx. 4'20")
Méditatif (approx. 9'30")
Emporté (approx. 5'15")

This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie. Recordings of this symphony include a 1995 all-digital recording by Alun Francis and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel, part of a boxed set of Milhaud's Symphonies No. 1-12 on CPO.

References

↑ Schulz, Reinhard. Darius Milhaud Symphonies 10-12 (CD liner notes)|format= requires |url= (help). CPO, 1996. pp. 9–10.

External links

Darius Milhaud

Operas	L'Orestie d'Eschyle Christophe Colomb L'abandon d'Ariane La mère coupable Le pauvre matelot

Ballets	La création du monde Le bœuf sur le toit Les mariés de la tour Eiffel L'éventail de Jeanne L'Homme et son désir Le Train bleu

Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 ("Te Deum") Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 ("Rhôdanienne") Symphony No. 9 Symphony No. 10 Symphony No. 11 ("Romantique") Symphony No. 12 ("La Rurale")

Orchestra works	Saudades do Brasil Suite provençale

Incidental and film music	Days of Hope Dreams That Money Can Buy Judith Land Without Bread La Tragédie impériale Le jeu de Robin et Marion Le Voyageur sans bagage Love Cavalcade Madame Bovary Mollenard The Beloved Vagabond The Citadel of Silence The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Vocal music	Pacem in terris Symphony No. 3 ("Te Deum")

Chamber music	La cheminée du roi René Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano

Piano music	Le bœuf sur le toit

Collaborations	Genesis Suite Homage to Paderewski L'Album des Six Les mariés de la tour Eiffel L'éventail de Jeanne Mouvements du coeur Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long

Named for Milhaud	Lycée intercommunal Darius-Milhaud

Related articles	List of compositions by Darius Milhaud Les Six Neoclassicism

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