SKU: PR.114422710
ISBN 9781491136072. UPC: 680160688227.
DUO’s succinct movement titles (I. Here, II. Open, III. Stark, IV. Ardent) tease at revealing the grand and heartfelt inspiration for exuberant romanticism in this sonata-like work of symphonic proportions and depth. Charles Gibb is both an accomplished pianist and an award-winning flutist, who has written of this compelling major addition to the literature: “This work is a journey. What journey and whose journey does not matter. It is my journey, it is your journey. It is the journey of those who came before us, and of those who will come after us. I wrote this hoping that we can find each other along the road, so we can realize that we don’t need to go on the journey alone.†Gibb’s DUO is sure to become a favorite major work for flute recitalists.This work is a journey. What journey and whose journey does not matter. It is my journey, it is your journey. It is the journey of those who came before us, and of those who will come after us. I wrote this hoping that we can find each other along the road, so we can realize that we don’t need to go on the journey alone.“Here†begins with three notes that shape the rhythmic and harmonic content of the entire work. Melodies and harmonies including the tonic, dominant, and leading tone can be found in each of the four movements. The first moments of this movement introduce the melody, offering itself unencumbered and uninhibited. It shows itself as it is. The melodies soar, the harmonies become voiced more intricately, and the opening theme repeats in full grandeur. The momentum slows down, and the movement ends with a sense of completion, yet remains unbalanced.A striking piano gesture launches “Open,†the idea of instability reflected with the flowing flute trills and unclear meter patterns in the piano. The sensation of an unsteady grace in 5/8 time arrives with a piano ostinato. The melody is expressive, yet insecure and unbalanced due to changing meters. After a grand pause, the movement transitions to 4/4 time with the flute switching between duplet and triplet flourishes. After a rapid descent in the flute, the opening gesture returns, changed and abruptly interrupted.The third movement, “Stark,†is very static, beginning plainly but markedly. The falling fifth calls out continually throughout the movement, searching, lost. Melodies appear in pieces, some smooth and flowing, others rather disjunct. The piece climaxes with a line of mournfulness, yet revealing a deeper strength through intense projection of tone in the high register. However, the static harmonies return, this time unsteady all the way to its foundation. This destabilization repeats, and then quietly recedes.“Ardent†is the longest of the movements and spans a wide range of musical emotion. Part of the movement is fast paced, energetic, and balances order and disarray. However, once the chaos dies down, a gentle, expressive theme comes in. The theme itself is very resolute; it is order appearing from the pandemonium. Conflict returns, and order and chaos become less distinguishable from one another, and soon fuse together. However, order returns with new meaning, synthesized with previous musical content, creating a truer, deeper sense of awareness or understanding. A moment of ambiguity arises, but the flute persists, supported by the sensitive but firm figuration in the piano, and resoundingly comes to a close, unburdened and at ease.
SKU: PR.114418770
ISBN 9781491112700. UPC: 680160667642.
GIANTESS was commissioned by the Flute New Music Consortium for simultaneous copremieresby many consortium members in early March 2018. The composer has written,The flute presents a far-reaching melody that seemingly never ends and explores the entirerange of the instrument at all times. It is this quality of the melodic line that inspired the titleof the work... the image of a larger-than-life gigantic performer who has the ability to makethe flute expand in range, timbre, and volume, breaking the bounds well beyond its humblesize. The phantasmagoric 9-minute work is cast in one rhapsodic movement.Giantess was written on commission from the Flute New Music Consortium, an organization comprised of professional flutists throughout the United States. The flute presents a far-reaching melody that seemingly never ends, and that explores the entire range of the instrument at all times. It is this quality of the melodic line that inspired the title of the work — the image of a larger-than-life gigantic performer who has the ability to make the flute expand in range, timbre, and volume, breaking the bounds well beyond its humble size.
SKU: HL.253939
9.0x12.0 inches.
Allegretto for flute and piano by Jozef Swider is a work of a great artistic value that comprises a perfect didactic material, filling a gap in the Polish flute literature. Allegretto for flute and piano is a one-part composition of an ABA1 structure with a cadenza. A four-bar piano introduction developsinto the flute part intoning a dance and folk-style melody, which becomes fragmented in terms of rhythm and densified in its facture. The dialogue between the flute and the piano involves mutual motif complementation. The melody gathers momentum (numerous ascending and descending progressions, undulations, typical ties, trills), a dynamic gradation develops into the middle, more peaceful and cantilena-style, part. The culmination, initially outlined by the flute and continued by the piano, leads to the cadenza characterised by considerable performative freedom across motifs in parts A and B, exhibiting the colour and sound values ofthe instrument. The link A1 comprises a quasi-variation development of the first passage of the work; it is the most dynamic,energetic and diversified in terms of the applied sound registers (characteristic alloctava marking), articulation and agogics. Themarking piu vivo in bar 136, combined with irregular metric divisions and shifts in accents, intensified dynamics and expression adds spontaneity, ultimately leading to the work's finale. The application of the minor mode, the economy of expressive means and a changeable course of narration reflect introvert characteristics of the composer a man of outstanding humbleness and modesty, at the same time full of unrest, self-criticism and little faith towards himself, which is confirmed by recently found notes of his.
SKU: BT.DHP-1175830-401
ISBN 9789043153041. English-German-French-Dutch.
Which instrument is better suited to lend its voice as fairy queen Titania than the flute?Pascal Proust is among the best known of French composers in the field of musical pedagogy. He has produced a whole series published by De Haske that is constantly being expanded. Proust wrote Titania for more advanced flute students witharound 4 5 years’ progress. Proust’s style is easily accessible to the student and at the same time appeals to the audience, so this piece is especially suitable as a recital or competition piece.Er is toch geen instrument geschikter om elfenkoningin Titania te verklanken dan de fluit?Pascal Proust behoort tot een van de bekendste Franse componisten op het gebied van de muziekpedagogie. Voor De Haske heeft hij inmiddels een complete serie gemaakt die nog steeds verder wordt uitgebreid. Proust schreef Titania speciaal voormeer gevorderde fluitisten die zo’n vier tot vijf jaar les hebben gehad. Zijn stijl is toegankelijk voor de leerling, maar ook aantrekkelijk voor het publiek; daardoor is dit stuk ideaal voor een optreden of wedstrijd.Welches andere Instrument wäre besser als die Flöte dazu geeignet, seine Stimme der Feenkönigin Titania zu leihen?Pascal Proust zählt zu den renommiertesten französischen Komponisten auf dem Gebiet der Instrumentalpädagogik. Bei De Haske hat er inzwischen eine ganze Serie mit Instrumentalstücken vorgelegt, die laufend erweitert wird. Proust schriebTitania für fortgeschrittenere Flötenschüler mit etwa 4 5 Jahren Unterrichtserfahrung. Prousts Stil ist leicht verständlich für den Schüler und zugleich attraktiv für das Publikum, sodass das Stück sich besonders gut als Vortrags- oder auchWettbewerbsstück eignet.Quel autre instrument que la fl te pouvait mieux prêter sa voix Titania, la reine des fées? Pascal Proust est l’un des compositeurs français les plus renommés dans le domaine de la pédagogie instrumentale. La série de compositions qu’il a produite pour De Haske est régulièrement élargie. Proust a écrit Titania pour les élèves defl te avancés abordant le deuxième cycle de leurs études. Son style très accessible convient parfaitement aux élèves et plaira tout autant au public, ce qui en fait un morceau idéal pour des concerts ou des concours.
SKU: FL.FX072877
As its name suggests, here is a little air that can last a very long time! For young instrumentalists from the first year of practice. - Pascal PROUST ; Instruments: 1 Flute 1 Piano; Difficuly Level: Grade 1.
