Vaughan Williams' "Toward the Unknown Region" was well received at its premiere, with The Times critic stating it was "easily ahead of anything the young composer has yet given us."
Notable Performances
Milhaud's "Suite Française" was first performed by the famous Goldman Band, and Milhaud later rescored and conducted it with the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.
Composition History
Ralph Vaughan Williams composed "Toward the Unknown Region" for the Leeds Festival of 1907, while also working on his "Sea Symphony."
Composition History
Darius Milhaud's "Suite Française" was composed during World War II in America, after a publisher requested something for a school band (an orchestra without strings).
Composer's Artistic Vision
Milhaud, a composer who absorbed diverse musical influences, discovered jazz in 1920 and heard Schoenberg in Vienna the following year, also loving local folk music.
Composition History
The cantata "The Return of Odysseus" was commissioned by the Schools' Music Association and premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in 1977.
Composition History
Malcolm Arnold's "The Return of Odysseus" is his only work for chorus and orchestra, written in Dublin in 1976 during a turbulent period in his life.
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