Louis Cahuzac - Compositions

Compositions

His compositions were mainly for the clarinet and all are inspired by his native region in Southern France:

• In the Fantaisie sur un vieil air champêtre the theme is introduced by the piano, followed by a dazzling cadenza. This is followed by four variations exploring the full resources of the clarinet.
• Arlequin for solo clarinet evokes Harlequin, one of the characters in the Italian commedia del arte.
• The Pastorale cévenole as well as Cantilène radiate with the Mediterranean light of his beloved southern France and echo-type effects suggest open, mountainous spaces.
• His Variations sur un air du pays d'Oc (Variations on a tune from the South of France) is a set of four variations on Se Canto, a song from the valley of the Garonne.