Jack in the Box (Satie) Derain, and the music orchestrated by Satie's friend Darius Milhaud. The ballet received mainly negative comments: French critics called it "banal", while English critics decried it as "pert but hollow." It was also published as a short suite for solo piano in the form in which Satie left it. The piano and orchestral versions have both received numerous recordings. The work has three short movements, lasting less than seven minutes: All the movements are in C major, and all undergo many time changes between and , the changes often lasting for only a single measure at a time. The music
Little Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud) supported by rhythmically-driven string parts, both based on duple subdivisions. Woodwind melodies are individually pleasant-sounding, but they do not match up harmonically. Throughout the movement, the melody alternates between instruments, most notably in the violin’s birdcall phrases, which define the contours of the movement. The movement crescendos to a forte melody in the double bass and violin, and from there decrescendos to the end. Overall, the movement is reminiscent of Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, which premiered in 1918. Running time: 1:06 Little Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud) The Little (Chamber) Symphony No. 2, Op. 49, by Darius Milhaud (not to