Description
Le Chat sur le toit ou les amours du chat op. 93
Text: Du Costal (3 ‘)
for tenor or soprano with orchestral accompaniment: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons / 2 horns in F / triangle, cymbals / 1 harp / strings
fue 2611 ISMN 979-0-50182-296-6
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This piece is a commissioned work. Mel Bonis was asked to complete a cycle of songs with orchestra that Louis Bourgault Ducoudray could not finish before his death in 1910. As a song for tenor or soprano appeared, Le Chat sur le toit ‘at Senart; the orchestral version remained unpublished. The vividly descriptive music with its numerous modulations is sensitive and humorous. Wavy figures emphasize the catlike and the vivacity of the style.
