Par JOPLIN SCOTT. The Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin originated as a short ragtime folk ballet, accompanied by narration and choreography. It was first performed in 1899, but because of hesitation concerning the marketability of such a work, it was not published until 1902. As was feared, it was a commercial failure, however this led to a later 1906 publication in a solo piano arrangement. It is th…

for Flute Choir. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. The Symphony No. 2 of Johannes Brahms was composed in 1877, premiered in December of that year. The Allegretto grazioso (3rd movement), arranged here for flute choir, is reminiscent of the Slavonic Dances of Antonin Dvorak. The flute orchestra version is arranged for six C flute parts, two alto flutes, two bass flutes and a contrabass flute. Increasing the num…

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Othello (or Otello) is an opera in four acts composed by Giuseppe Verdi, premiered in February 1887. As was customary at the time, a short ballet sequence was composed for the opera, to be inserted into Act III, just prior to the entrace of Lodovico, ambassador to the Venetian Republic. When Verdi sent the original manuscript to his publisher Ricordi, he included this detailed …

Par TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the incidental music for Aleksandr Ostrovsky's musical drama, The Snow Maiden, in 1873. This movement, the Melodrama takes place in Act II, intimately scored only for strings. This music was used again as the Entr'acte to Act III of Tchaikovsky's incidental music for Hamlet, Opus 67a. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Ensembl…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Cosi Fan Tutte, K. 588, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the overture arranged here for Flute Choir by Shaul Ben-Meir. Mozart composed Cosi Fan Tutte in 1789, an opera buffa in two acts, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, on January 26, 1790. The title, Cosi fan tutte, literally means 'So do they all', but is usually translated into English as 'Women are like …

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. Antonin Dvorak?s symphonic poem Vodnik (The Water Goblin) was inspired by a poem penned by 19th century Czech poet Karel Jaromir Erben and consists of seven themes, representing characters in the poem. This flute choir arrangement by Linda Kirkpatrick includes four of the themes, opening with the theme of the title character, the water goblin, and closing with the theme represe…

Four Little Duets

Allegro Vivace from Symphony No. 41