The Symphony No. 8, Op. 362, subtitled ''Rhôdanienne'', is a work for
orchestra by French composer
Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1957 on a commission from the
University of California. Its four
programmatic movements paint a musical landscape of the course of the
Rhone River.
Milhaud's Eighth Symphony has a total running time of about 22 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows:
# Avec mystère et violence (approx. 5'25")
# Avec sérénité et nochalence (approx. 7'25")
# Avec emportement (approx. 4'30")
# Rapide et majestueux (approx. 4'50")
This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie.
Recordings
* a stereo recording of the composer conducting the
orchestra of French Radio, re-released in 2003 on the Apex label
* a 1993 all-digital recording by
Alun Francis
Alun Francis (born 29 September 1943) is a Welsh conductor.
Career
Francis was the principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra from 1966 for ten years. In 1978 he conducted the premiere of Donizetti's opera ''Gabriella di Vergy'' in the Quee ...
and the
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel, part of a boxed set of Milhaud's Symphonies No. 1–12 on CPO
References
External links
Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 8 (1 of 2) (13:37).Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 8 (2 of 2) (09:54).{{Darius Milhaud
Symphony 08
1957 compositions