Maurice Thiriet: Concerto for Flute and Strings

Maurice Thiriet (1906-1972) Concerto for Flute and Strings I. Allegretto giocoso II. Adagio espressivo 5:40 III. Allegretto scherzando 13:50 Roger Bourdin, flute Orchestre de Chambre de l' Jean Doussard, conductor Maurice Thiriet (2 April 1906 -- 28 September 1972) was a French composer of classical and film music. Born in Meulan, Yvelines, he entered the Paris conservatory in 1925 to study counterpoint and fugue with Charles Koechlin and orchestration and arrangement under Alexis Roland-Manuel. He graduated in 1931. During the forties Thiriet carved his career within film music, inspired by fellow composer Maurice Jaubert (who died in World War II), and wrote something like twenty scores from 1942 to 1960. Apart from his film work, Thiriet also composed several concert works, including a Flute concerto, ten ballets and two operas. His style, which was influenced by Jaubert and Roland-Manuel, is characterized by taught construction and modest, nearly impressionistic harmonization and often bears a classical grace not unlike that of Francis Poulenc and Jean Françaix