Théodore Dubois - Symphonie française in F-minor (1908) /Adonis, poème symphonique (1901)

Théodore Dubois[테오도르 뒤부아]

Théodore Dubois, c. 1890, Bibliothèque nationale de France

(24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French composer, organist and music teacher.

 Symphonie française in F-minor (1908)

Mov.I: Largo - Allegro 00:00
Mov.II: Andantino 13:05
Mov.III: Allegro vivo, scherzando 23:01
Mov.IV: Allegro con fuoco 29:44

Orchestra: Les Siècles
Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

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Adonis, poème symphonique (1901)  

I. Mort d'Adonis (Death of Adonis) [0:00]
II. Déploration des nymphes (The Mourning of the Nymphs) [6:04]
III. Réveil d'Adonis (Rebirth of Adonis) [10:41]

Conductor: Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Orchestre de la Francophonie canadienne

This tone poem is based on the Greek myth of Adonis, a hero so handsome that he sparked a rivalry between Aphrodite and Persephone. Zeus settled the dispute by arranging that Adonis would spent one third of the year with Aphrodite, one third in the underworld with Persephone, and one third wherever he pleased; Adonis chose to spend two thirds of the year with Aphrodite. Thus, he followed a cyclic pattern of life, death and rebirth, travelling from earth to the underworld and back again each year. Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt, was also intrigued by Adonis, but her vow of chastity caused her passion to be expressed instead in the form of jealousy of Adonis' skill as a huntsman. Artemis sent a monstrous wild boar to kill Adonis, who died in the arms of his lover Aphrodite. Where his blood fell, the short-lived anemone flower sprung to life.