The Symphony No. 12, Op. 390, subtitled La Rurale, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1961 for the dedication of the concert hall at the University of California, Davis, a campus historically focused on agricultural studies.[1]
Milhaud's Twelfth Symphony is a four-movement work with a total running time of about 16 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows:
- Pastoral (approx. 3'45")
- Vif et gai (approx. 3'13")
- Paisible (approx. 3'45")
- Lumineux (approx. 5'00")
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.
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Symphony No. 12, Op. 390, "Rurale": I. Pastoral
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Darius Milhaud: Sinfonia n.12 "Rurale" op.390 (1961) (2/2)
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Darius Milhaud: Sinfonia n.12 "Rurale" op.390 (1961) (1/2)
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References
- ^ Schulz, Reinhard. Darius Milhaud Symphonies 10-12 (CD liner notes). CPO, 1996. pp. 9–10.
External links
- Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 12 (1 of 2) (07:09).
- Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 12 (2 of 2) (09:08).