Flute Solo,Soprano Flute - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1378992 By Helene Schulthess. By Eugene Ysaye. Arranged by Helene Schulthess. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Classical,Religious. Individual part. 4 pages. Helene Schulthess #963712. Published by Helene Schulthess (A0.1378992). Eugène Ysaÿe is one of the most important violinists of all time. Due to health problems, however, he had to end his career as a violin virtuoso prematurely. He subsequently made a name for himself as a composer and conductor. In 1923 he composed six solo sonatas, including Obsession, which have a high status in violin literature.The name of this second sonata could come from Ysaÿe's obsessive preoccupation with Johann Sebastian Bach. The sonata begins with the unmistakable sequence of tones of the Prelude from the Partita in E major, BWV 1006. Abruptly, almost as a shock, this theme is replaced by the ancient Dies Irae sequence from the Mass for the Dead.I adapted the first movement of Obsession, which has no double stops, for the flute. The arrangement was first played publicly on October 19, 2014 in the Giacometti Hall, Zurich, and was subsequently published on YouTube.
