Anspruchsvolle Noten für Flöte: Brillanz für Fortgeschrittene

Selected by Pierre-André Valade

This pièce is a respiration. It is short, with fullness, as a peaceful gesture, something simple and natural. I wish nothing but to hear the flutist love his instrument in it.

This short piece, which was composed at the request of its dedicatee Anne-Cécile Cuniot (who gave its first performance on 4 August 2001 in Cambridge), is a veritable study on the art of theatre. It i...

Writing for an orchestral instrument and piano is one of the most difficult composition exercises I know of. The natural hierarchy that springs up between the single-line 'soloist' and the 'accompanis...

Unanswered questions shares the solo flute from Ethers, but the sober, intimist character inferred by its intention - in other times, the piece would have been entitled Tombeau de Dominique Troncin -...

Le Fou à pattes bleues (The Blue-Footed Booby)

Grey Larsen, in the 150 Gems collections, has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications, 2003) and The Esse...

Die geforderten modernen Spieltechniken dieses sehr virtuosen Stückes erschliessen dem Interpreten und dem Hörer eine farbige, differenzierte Klangwelt mit schnell wechselnden musikalischen Ereignisse...

A beautiful and very challenging work for unaccompanied flute. A great addition to your recital.

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. H...

COMPOSER'S NOTE The solo flute piece Solo III consists of two contrasting movements. the slow first movement was a commission from the Cruselk Week Music Festival in Uusikaupunki, Finland, for the Sca...