Major Albert Fasce, head of the musical department of the French Army, wrote about Poème du Feu: The Poème du Feu by Madame Ida Gotkovski is probably one of the original compostitions for symphonic band which has been most successful in recent years.

I have had to conduct this work at concerts with different orchestras, and in particular at Budapest, and each performance was greeted by enthusiastic ovations. Moreover, it is quite rare in contemporary music to achieve, at the same time, the s...