Solo Flute-Anders Hillborg???s Close Ups unfolds as an exhilarating flurry of notes in part ingeniously generated from a prime number series. An enthralling 7-minute addition to the solo flute repertoire.
Un Joueur de flute berce les ruines (A flute player lullabies the ruins) is dated 1942. There is little information known about this piece since discovery of the manuscript. The work is modal and melancholic in style its contours and economy recall the composer’s earliest works. It is short and simple but of undeniable beauty and undoubtedly an important addition to the solo flute repe…
Composer's NoteNarcissus wanders through the forest observing enjoying ... unselfconscious but self-absorbed.He sees as pool of water and then as he approaches notices his reflection in the water. He is intrigued and then jumps back in fright. Once more he approaches ... it is still there. Narcissus steps away from the pool to consider this phenomenon. Several times he approaches the figure is…
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was an energetic French composer who is known for both his light-hearted instrumental works and his more serious sacred and choral music. His Mouvements Perpétuels (1918)was originally composed for Piano and is one of his earliest works penned while he was a conscript in the French army. While it has rightly endured to this day the older Poulenc did not like it thin…
This work originally for orchestra was one of two new pieces added to Arnold's English Dances of 1951 to complete the score of Kenneth MacMillan's Solitaire first performed in 1956 by the Royal Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre London. This arrangement is by Alan Poulton.
Jindrich Feld's Sonata for Flute and Piano is frequently performed by virtuoso flautists. Composed in 1957 the Sonata is elaborate and quirky and has been recorded by leading artists including Jeffrey Khaner and James Galway. Born in Prague Feld (1925-2007) studied Violin and Viola with his parents before studying at the Conservatory and Academy of Music of his native city. His compositions …
With music for Flute Quartets being most commonly rearranged for the ensemble it is unusual that a work is originally composed for that precise instrumentation. It is for that reason that Pierre Max Dubois' Quatuor for Flutes has been considerably well-received. As a student of Darius Milhaud Dubois brought ideas of Les Six of which Milhaud was a member into the mid-1900s. Dubois' composition…
Animal-inspired pieces for flute & piano. CD performances by Gillian Poznansky (flute) & Mark Tanner (piano). Recorded and Edited in Bristol by Nathan Roberts 2010. Promotional price during 2011!
Aria written in 1930 by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) is a small study initially for Voice and Piano but arranged in this edition for Flute and Piano. This version and the one for Alto Saxophone and Piano are the ones the most commonly used. The Flute score is one-page long and contains technical difficulties that would make it ideal for an upper intermediate player. Its author Jacques Ibert (189…
Agrestide Op. 44 by Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) is a piece for Flute and Piano written for the Paris Conservatoire contest. Dedicated to Gaston Crunelle a professor at the Paris Conservatoire this piece is very difficult and was composed in 1942.Op. 44 is divided in 4 distinct parts: Moderato (like a Pastoral) Cadenza Andantino Anime and Piu Vivo. Agrestide Op. 44 is really melodic and would a…
Score and Parts-Il Lamento di Tristano a work for Flute and Guitar is a set of variations on two themes that are highly contrasting in styles juxtaposing fragments from Wagner's Opera Tristan and Isolde with a 14th Centurymonophonic dance Lamento di Tristano.
Radiant Music was written for flautist Alice K. Dade at her request for a short recital piece. The CD part is made up of several episodes of shimmering music for flutes dulcimers organs and sampled baroque strings trumpet and choir. This piece attempts to obsess over a repeated sequence of chords – this progression appears in the opening bars of the piece. This sequence reappears in each…
Alec Wilder impresses with his Suite in four movements for Flute Clarinet and Piano. High points are the offbeat jazzy Scherzo-like second movement and the well-argued slow movement. This adventurous work will present anenjoyable challenge to the ensemble players and provide a unique addition to their repertoire.The Flute Clarinet and Piano score are all included on separate inserts.
This concerto is presented with piano accompaniment. It features three movements coming from three distinct styles: Baroque and classical ethnic/Middle Eastern and jazz and popular music.
14 Flexible Duets for Two Wind Instruments-Just the 2 of Us contient des duos modernes entraînants passionnants et expressifs signés par le célèbre compositeur belge Johan Nijs. Just the 2 of Us est disponible pour divers instruments à vent et tous les recueils sont combinables entre eux. Il ne vous reste plus qu'à trouver un partenaire de jeu !
Commissioned by the sound festival for The Scottish Flute Trio. First performance: November 13 2008. Duff House Banff Scotland. In this work all three players in turn play each of the three instruments - piccolo flute and alto flute - thus giving a contrasted sound to match the character of the four linked movements: hence the title. Sleepy using all three alto flutes begins on the lowest not…
