Henri Sauguet in Paris - November, 1923
from Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc, page 65:
In Paris nothing much is going on. There were the Wiéner concerts. The first one was entirely Stravinsky and included the Octet, which I had not heard before. The second was devoted to Milhaud and Falla, with Le Retable and two new things by Milhaud, one of which, his Symphony with Voices, sounded just like a 'first draft' of La Création (one of the themes is there almost in its entirety). This symphony is in fact very fine - I liked it a lot. The oboe is used to clever advantage and sounds most effective. As for the Octet, I was … more >>
Francis Poulenc, and Sidney Buckland (ed.), Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc (:London, 1991), p. 65. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1481833965715 accessed: 21 November, 2024
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Stravinsky's Octet
written by Igor Stravinksy |
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Symphonie with Voices
written by Darius Milhaud |
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Le Retable
written by Manuel de Falla |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | November, 1923 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Henri Sauguet to Francis Poulenc, Paris, 20 November 1923.