The Symphony No. 6 , Op. 343, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud . The piece was written in 1955 at the request of Charles Munch , for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra .[ 1] This work is not to be confused with Milhaud's Chamber Symphony No. 6, op. 79 (1923) .
Milhaud's Sixth Symphony has four movements and a total running time of about 30 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows:
Calme et tendre (approx. 9')
Tumultueux (approx. 6')
Lent et doux (approx. 8'45")
Joyeux et robuste (approx. 6'30")
This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie .
Recordings
References
^ Schulz, Reinhard . Darius Milhaud Symphonies 5 & 6 (CD liner notes). CPO, 2000. pp. 9– 11.
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