My inclination is also Milhaud (perhaps biased toward Les Six from Poulenc being in the hint), both for the general wind writing and the persistent dance-like rhythmic texture that I associate with some of his work.
First name that popped into my head that wasn't Poulenc was Milhaud so that's what I'm going with. That might be because of the wind quintet pieces he composed of which I'm rather fond and were a source of one of my early submissions...
Hmmm... this NTT is a tough one. Joey's hint is a useful one, because it rules out a very obvious choice — Francis Poulenc — so I'm left thinking in terms of Poulenc-like composers. Jean Françaix perhaps? The music has a *bit* of a Spanish flair, but that probably just confirms that it's French.
And I'm guessing it's a woodwind quintet with mezzo?
My inclination is also Milhaud (perhaps biased toward Les Six from Poulenc being in the hint), both for the general wind writing and the persistent dance-like rhythmic texture that I associate with some of his work.
First name that popped into my head that wasn't Poulenc was Milhaud so that's what I'm going with. That might be because of the wind quintet pieces he composed of which I'm rather fond and were a source of one of my early submissions...
Hmmm... this NTT is a tough one. Joey's hint is a useful one, because it rules out a very obvious choice — Francis Poulenc — so I'm left thinking in terms of Poulenc-like composers. Jean Françaix perhaps? The music has a *bit* of a Spanish flair, but that probably just confirms that it's French.
And I'm guessing it's a woodwind quintet with mezzo?