Par CURTIS MIKE. Mike Curtis’ stay in the city of Guanajuata in Central Mexico inspired this great musical celebration, filled with evocative, ethnic textures and colours. / Niveau : Avancé / performance score / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Clarinette

Andalag # 1 - Duo for Flute and Clarinet (2011). Part of Andalag - Suite in 11 movements. Programme note Some years ago I was asked by the Faroese ensemble Aldubáran to compose duets for the woodwinds within the ensemble. The idea then came to me to write a Suite with the name “Andalag” in 11 movements. 8 movements are duets and are approximately 4 min. long. 2 movements are quartets and are approximately 8 min. long and 1 movement is an octet which is approximately 16 min. long. In other words the Suite will last approximately 60 min.   The (octet) instrumentation is2 flutes 2 clarinets 2 horns and 2 bassoons. The Faroese word “andalag” has a multilayerd meaning. The first half of the word is “anda” and means to breath or spirit and the second half of the word “lag” means melodi mood or layer. I use two small ideas in this Suite. One idea is in a sort of major mood and the other in a sort of minor mood. Sunleif Rasmussen May 2013

The First Volume of Duets for Flute and Clarinet by Himie Voxman. With numbers 1 to 55 and featuring duets of easy to medium difficulty this collection gives budding developing Clarinet and Flute players plenty of exciting and enjoyable material to play together improving technique tone quality intonation and giving experience and confidence in an intimate ensemble environment. It is a tremondous selection with pieces by the master composers and lesser known or anonymous composers. Volume 2 contains advanced duets numbers 56 to 78.