BEN BONHOMMES ROUGE (1993) for orchestra by Michael Schelle published on 2013-12-11T10:19:11Z BEN BONHOMMES ROUGE Mvmt. 5 (of 6) from SPIRITS (1993) - by Michael Schelle SPIRITS is a work about infamous Hoosiers, commissioned by the Indiana State Orchestra Consortium (16 orchestras) BEN BOHNOMMES ROUGE is the surreal fusion of two distinctive - but strange bedfellow - Indiana characters: Gen. Lew Wallce (a military hawk, and author of "Ben Hur") and the eccentric imagist poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) who taught for one semester at Wabash College before being fired (1914) for smoking, and sleeping with the chambermaid. The piece begins with a brief quote from the epic Miklos Rozsa score for the sword and sandal classic, BEN-HUR (1959, starring Charlton Heston), but quickly dissolves and collapses into a surreal, poetic and smokey - yet nostalgic - 1914 dream state. "Ben Bonhommes Rouge" was the brand of imported French cigarettes Ezra Pound favoured. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra SPIRITS (1993): JONESTOWN ECHO .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-jonestown-echo DETOUR TO NOWHERE .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-detour-to LIMBERLOST .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-limberlost ONE FOR THE GIPPER .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-one-for-the BEN BONHOMMES ROUGE THE LAST RIDE .. https://soundcloud.com/rimsky-1/michael-schelle-the-last . Visit: www.schellemusic.com Genre Orchestral
