KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Le Quatre Eléments by Darius Milhaud
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
P.MIL.DAR.11Program Length
6 minDates
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Description
A recording of Darius Milhaud’s “Le Quatre Eléments,” a solo cantata for soprano and orchestra originally composed in 1938. The piece is performed by Carole Bogard and the Oakland Youth Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Hughes. This appears to be either the United States. premiere of the work by the Bogard and the Youth Orchestra presented on December 13, 1964, or is a rehearsal for that performance. The text for the cantata is taken from a poem by Robert Desnos.Genres
Orchestral music20th century classical
Musical Selections
Le Quatre Eléments, Op. 189, for soprano and orchestra [text by Robert Desnos] (1938, rev. 1956) (5:35) / Darius MilhaudPerformers
Carole Bogard, sopranoOakland Youth Chamber Orchestra
Robert Hughes, conductor
Subjects
20th century classicalSolo cantatas, Secular (High voice)
Songs (High voice) with orchestra