Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2003/05

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Darius Milhaud Petit Concert/Anouilh
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 18:59:19 -0400

Darius Milhaud spent the years of the second world war in the US, and
taught at a beautiful women's college very near to where I am, Mills
College in Oakland, CA. I had to got there a few years ago to examine
and appraise a Mozart manuscript they own (It was worth a lot of money),
and while there saw that they had a great deal of Milhaud memorabilia.
Immediately after the war, I believe he went back to France.

Wonderful, funny composer. His suite for clarinet, violin, and piano is
a terrific piece, as is his wind quintet, "The Hearth of King René" and
his wonderful "Suite Francaise" for band.

DNL

EClarinet@-----.com wrote:
> Hi to James L. and all....
>
> I just saw this post (below) from April 8, and had to respond. IN 1986 in
> Orlando at Valencia Community College I played 'The Musician' in a Jean
> Anouilh play called "Theives Carnival", which is the english translation of
> 'Bal de Voluers'. The music was not by Milhaud; there was a piano track
> that I had to play along with, and I even had to improvise some mood music a
> capella. In the end, my character came back on stage disguised as a
> detective, who makes the surprise announcement that ends the show, and then
> whips out the clarinet and starts to play! It was great fun.
>
> I would be very curious to see Milhaud's music for this show.
>
> Elise Curran
> Orlando
> EClarinet@-----.com
>
>
>
> <<<My understanding is that the movements
> of this arrangement for clarinet and piano
> are based on incidental music for unaccompanied
> clarinet composed by Milhaud for the
> play "Bal de voleurs" by Anouilh.
>
> In this play the clarinetist plays the role
> of "The Orchestra" at a resort, which plays
> music that the characters listen to and comment
> on. The player also remains on stage--unseen
> (most of the time) by other characters)--
> to play scene-setting music. It's an amusing
> effect in that script.
>
> The only time I saw this play staged was
> at ACT in San Francisco. The role of The
> Orchestra was played by a saxophonist, rather
> than a clarinet player. I don't know if any
> of Milhaud's original music for the play was
> used in this performance.>>>
>
>
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