More Taking the plunge with Jean Cras

In part four of a series of broadcasts on the French naval officer Jean Cras (1879-1932), Cras promotes to commander of the largest ship of the navy. His cabin was large enough to place a grand piano in it. That’s where he writes chamber music and songs. And when he becomes a rear admiral, and finally lives at home, he composes a piano concerto for his gifted daughter Colette. Then suddenly, he dies in 1932.

Part 3 of the series about the remarkable double career of Jean Cras (1879-1932): a marine officer who spent a lot of time composing mild and expressive music, a style closely related to Duparc, Ravel, Debussy and Chausson. In this episode, Cras is being promoted at a young age, to commander of the destroyer Amiral Sénès, on which he wanders on the world seas.

In part 1 (26/8/14) we met Jean Cras: a French high marine officer (1879-1932) who spent all of his free time composing. His style is somewhere between Franck, Duparc, Chausson, Debussy and Ravel. In 1922 he was in the spotlights thanks to the jubilant success of the opera Polyphème. Nowadays he seems to have been forgotten, which does not do him justice.

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