SKU: SU.94010761

Dedicated to Demarre McGill, Principal Flute, Seattle Symphony OrchestraFlute Duration: 6' Composed: 2020 Published by: Subito Music Publishing PROGRAM NOTE: The year 2020 has definitely been a very challenging year with many upheavals. During this time of the COVID-19 health crisis, wearing masks, and high racial tensions, I decided to compose four short solo woodwind works for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, which represent the core woodwind section in an orchestra. I was inspired to compose these short pieces after I first heard Igor Stravinsky's three short pieces for clarinet, which totals a little more than four minutes in duration. I thought that it would be nice to highlight and honor my African-American male colleagues in the orchestral music world. I wanted to celebrate the fact that they are the principal player in the section of their respective orchestras. The short pieces are as follows: Principal Brother No. 1 for flute solo for Demarre McGill, Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 2 for oboe solo for Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 3 for clarinet solo for Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and Principal Brother No. 4 for bassoon solo for Bryan Young, Principal Bassoon of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. These works all begin with notes that are representative of their name; D for Demarre, B for Titus (ti in solfège starting on C), A for Anthony, and Bb for Bryan. There is also a rhythmic figure in the opening measures of each piece, which represent the utterance of their names. All four of these works are rhapsodic in nature with elements of improvisation. - James Lee III.

SKU: BO.B.3628

This work was composed in 1969 and I had the honor of releasing it in Algorta (Vizcaya) on June 22, 1970. I have played afterwards in several occasions and recorded on CD. It is the first work composed by this author devoted to the flute and opens a long series of her works with this instrument, which have narrowed my collaboration with Maria Luisa Ozaita who I also have a close friendship with.

These pieces are framed in a time in which the composer has reached her creative maturity and her inspiration stands out on its own. These works shape a brief triptych which movements have a characteristic personality and are well contrasted. The first one has a spring-like lyricism with sparkles of irony. The second on presents a meditative melody that consists of sighs that are bounded on the weft of an accompaniment that the flute pinpoints a in the low register. A binary dance of a very rhythmic spirit closes the work to a nice finish.

SKU: SU.25300090

Flute Duration: 9' Composed: 1994 Published by: Anthony Cornicello.