Jean Françaix (1912-1997)

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1968) (Ed. Musicales Transatlantiques)

1. Allegro 2. Scherzando 3. Andantino 4. Allegrissimo Alain Baudhuin, clarinet.

Jean Françaix’s music is strikingly light, joyful and elegant, which makes it accessible to all audiences. In spite of its success elsewhere, it is still unknown in Belgium. This concert performance of the Clarinet Concerto, one of Jean Françaix’s most popular works, is an exceptional event which we strongly recommend to all curious music-lovers (and of course to all lovers of the clarinet, too).

Alain Baudhuin and the Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra would like to thank Mr Jacques Françaix, the composer’s son, and Mrs Claude Françaix, the composer’s daughter, for supporting this project.

Programme texts...       For more information...     Back to the concerts page

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Programme texts:

• The music of Jean Françaix...
• A concise biography of Jean Françaix...
• Jean Françaix’s Clarinet Concerto...
• Jean Françaix by Jean Françaix...
• The soloist...

For more information:

• Jean Françaix’s official website
• The website of the association of “Friends of Jean Françaix”
• A biography of Jean Françaix by Denis Havard de la Montagne on the Musica et Memoria site
• Biography of Jean Françaix on the Radio France site
• iographical dictionary of musicians, Baker and Slonimsky, Paris, Laffont, 1995.
• Dictionnaire de la musique, Marc Honegger, Paris, Bordas, 1970.
• Larousse de la Musique, Paris, 1982.
• Françaix, Jean. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2005, Encyclopedia Britannica Premium Service 23/1/05, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9000262
• Bernard Gavoty et Daniel Lesur, Pourou contre la musique moderne ?, Paris, Flammarion, 1957.
• La mort de Jean Françaix, Le Figaro, 26/9/1997.

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