Day 100
Auric 5 Bagatelles
Corre Exerjan duo
This is the 100th day of this blog - so far I have managed to listen to something new every day. I hadn’t anticipated when I started this that I would also pick a different composer every day but I’ve got this far without duplication so I will see how far I can get - I am sure that I could find a new composer for every day.
I could have gone for something spectacular today to celebrate the milestone but it has been a busy day with a lot of train travel so no real opportunity to listen property to a long piece. So instead I have completed my exploration of Les Six by listening to some Auric.
I do remember hearing his overture (a freestanding piece) years about but I don’t think that I have listened anything else of his, though I will have heard some his of his film music. This 5 bagatelles are a real contrast with the Milhaud I heard yesterday. That was almost indigestible at time because of the thick textures - this is as light as a feather and very delicate. Indeed almost all of it could be played by a single player with very little adjustment. The style is very much in that lighthearted slightly tongue in cheek mode that we know from Poulenc. The pieces are all very short and the whole set is over in less than 10 minutes. It was the perfect antidote to the Milhaud. Difficult to believe that they are forever locked together as members of Les Six.
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