Lise Nees

Composed in 1890, Claude Debussy's 'Reverie' was one of his first piano solos that achieved great popularity. It is a simple melody floating over a gentle accompaniment, like a daydream.

Jacques Offenbach's iconic operetta bouffe 'Orpheus in the Underworld' was first performed in Paris in 1858. Though the overture consists of a variety of themes from throughout the opera, the most rec...

During his lifetime, Frederic Chopin composed nearly exclusively for the piano, and every one of his compositions involves the piano in some capacity. Though he is believed to have composed 36 waltzes...

Chopin composed this graceful, yet somewhat somber Valse (Op. 64, No. 2), as the companion piece the waltz commonly referred to as the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). Originally in the key of C-sharp mi...

This Waltz No. 2 in C Minor is taken from Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra, a suite of eight movements all based on other works by the composer. The material for this waltz is deri...

Joachim Andersen had a prolific career as a flutist, performing in the Royal Danish Orchestra (Copenhagen), the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, and co-founding the Berlin Philharmonic. However, the par...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor in 1788, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. Here, the third movement (Menuetto) has been arra...

Rosamunde' was a play by Helmina von Chézy, premiered in Vienna in 1823, with incidental music composed by Franz Schubert. In addition to the oft-performed overture, the remainder of the music from th...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 25 in G minor in 1773 when he was only 17 years old, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. The first movement...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor in 1788, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. The second movement (Andante) arranged for flute...

The Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 was composed by Frederic Chopin in 1838 and is commonly referred to as the 'Military Polonaise.' Pianist Anton Rubinstein once famously stated that this Polonai...

Similar to many of his other works, The Nutcracker ballet of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not initially successful and only entered into the standard repertoire many decades following its premiere. De...

When Johannes Brahms composed the third movement (Poco Allegretto) of his Symphony No. 3, he broke with the standard tradition of that time period. Typically, in a symphony from the Romantic period, t...

The Allegretto Grazioso is the third movement of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, composed in 1889 and premiered in 1890. The opening in G minor is a melancholy waltz in triple meter, reminiscent of t...

This Trio in F, Op. 32 is the first movement of a work by the same name of Gaspard Kummer. It is arranged here for a flute trio of 2 C Flutes and Alto Flute. This trio was originally composed for Flut...

Swan Lake was composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76 and was not well-received at the Moscow premiere in 1877. In 1895, two years after the death of Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake was revived for a p...

The Symphony No. 4 of Johannes Brahms was his final symphony, composed in 1884. The Allegro non troppo (1st movement), arranged here for flute choir, is in standard sonata form (although there is no r...

The Symphony No. 4 of Johannes Brahms was his final symphony, composed in 1884. The Allegro energico e passionato (4th movement), arranged here for flute choir, is in the form of a chaconne (actually...

The Poet and Peasant (Dichter und Bauer) is an operetta in 3 acts by Franz von Suppe, premiered on August 24th, 1846, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. The Overture, arranged here for Flu...

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 Da...

The Trio (Fifth Concerto from ‘Pièces de Clavecin en Concert') by Jean-Philippe Rameau, arranged for Flute, Alto Flute, and Piano by Shaul Ben-Meir. The Pièces de Clavecin en Concert were first publis...

Georges Hüe composed his Fantaisie as a competition piece for the Paris Conservatory in 1913. It was written for Paul Taffanel, legendary professor of the Paris Conservatory Here, arranged here for so...

Originally written for string orchestra, this Minuetto is Italian composer Giovanni Bolzoni's most well-known work. Bolzoni also composed three operas and a variety of other chamber music. He taught c...