This ?Suite' is not one of my 'epic' instrumental concertos such as the concertos for cello, violin or oboe, but a substantially smaller-structured series of dance forms arranged into a suite. Sunken worlds suddenly emerge here, only to reach the surface, hover in dangerously distorted fashion and then sink back to the bottom.Almost every individual movement allots the solo flute a specific tonal colouring and an instrumental group from the orchestra: in the opening Allemande, the flutes of the orchestra (including alto and bass flute and later also piccolo to include the entire flute family) - the string section in the Sarabande - in both chorales (extremely muted in the first and brutalist in the second), the brass etc. - and it is only in the concluding Badinerie that all orchestral groups are combined, although they are terraced in the Baroque style, one following another, seldom all playing simultaneously.This permits the flute to remain the provider of all impulses - it attaches itself to the wide variety of instrumental colours, becomes suffused with these colours and thereby shines in different lights - acerbic, pale and radiant. This first performance marks the conclusion of my two-year residence with the Cleveland Orchestra. The immense versatility of this fine body of sound (which is indeed treated as such with the sum of its parts) and the exciting dark timbre of its principal flautist Joshua Smith have to a great extent determined the form and tonal character of my Flûte en suite. Jörg Widmann / Flûte Et Orchestre

The combination of Flute and Guitar is becoming increasingly popular among music school pupils and concert performers. This publication From Renaissance To Ragtime expands the fairly narrow repertoire for this combination of instruments to include arrangements of famous compositions such as variations on the famous English Renaissance song Greensleeves famous melodies by Johann Sebastian Bach (Air Siciliana Badinerie) the popular Minuet by Luigi Boccherini Chopin's virtuoso Variations on a Theme of Rossini and Scott Joplin's popular ragtime tune The Entertainer(familiar from the film The Sting). In order that these relatively demanding arrangements can be enjoyed by a broad spectrum of performers editor Pavel Kloub selected compositions which can easily be played not only on the Flute but also on the Oboe or Violin.Contents:Green Sleeves (variations on the english renaissance song) [Fleury Louis]Le Basque [Marais Marin]Air [Bach Johann Sebastian]Siciliano [Bach Johann Sebastian]Menuet [Bach Johann Sebastian]Badinerie [Bach Johann Sebastian]Menuet [Boccherini Luigi]Variations on a theme of Rossini [Chopin Frederic]The Entertainer [Joplin Scott]

Par PUSCOIU COSTEL. Well-known classical works for recorder students at all levels of ability, adapted and arranged especially for the recorder. The works are drawn from all periods, including Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern. The author has carefully placed the melodies in the best keys for easy recorder. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classic - Solos / Recueil / Flûte à Bec Soprano