Aztec Dances was commissioned by Christopher Orton with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The first performance was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) at a concert in the Manchester Midday Concerts series at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester in March 2010.The version for flute and piano was premiered by Wissam Boustany (Flute) and Aleksander Szram (Piano) at St James?s Church Piccadilly on Thursday 19 May 2011.1. Ritual/Pastorale2. Fertility Dance3. Ghost Dance/Song4. Sacrificial Dance Composer's Note The idea for the genesis of thiswork and indeed its title and individual movements came after visiting an exhibition at the British Museum entitled Moctezuma ?Aztec Ruler. The exhibition traced the events following the election in 1502 of Moctezuma as Supreme Ruler of the Aztecs and the subsequent invasion of 1519 by a Spanish expedition led by Hermán Cortés ? an event that was to eventually lead to the demise of the Aztec civilisation.Part of the exhibition explored the role that music and dance played in Aztec life. The primitive recorder together with trumpets and drums were used as an important part of the formal ritual ceremonies (including rather gruesomely human sacrifice) that took place to appease the many Gods which the Aztecs worshipped as well as for other more informal occasions in their social and cultural life.I have tried to reflect some of these highly contrasting and dramatic ideas in this four movement work.        Edward Gregson

Le compositeur et pianiste américain Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) est pratiquement inconnu chez nous, même si son art a pris racine ici : il reçut sa formation pianistique à Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden et Francfort. Retourné dans son pays, il y travailla / Flûte Et Piano / 6 pages / niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Partition

Par EDWARDS DAVID. / Date parution : 2021-11-03/ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Two charming sight-reading pieces for Flute and Piano written for the examinations at the Paris Conservatoire by Paul Taffanel. Composed between 1883 and 1884 and once thought to be lost these were re-discovered in the Conservatoire library and reworked by the Taffanel scholar and BBC Proms producer Edward Blakeman. Part of the French Flute Encores Series and suitable for Grades 6 - 7.

Cette collection de pièces de flûte a évolué de la pratique de la flûte teaching, contenant des arrangements de oeuvres du répertoire classique ainsi que des compositions par Günther Johannes Schmitz. Aux côtés des arrangements de la première ' Gymnopédies ' par Satie et ' Morgenstimmung ' par Edward Grieg, il y a compositions comme ' E Shtikl Babier ', ' Celtic Sibiria ' ou ' Tanz des Schmetterlings ', dans lequel Schmitz a incorporé des musiques du monde, de jazz ou d'influences impressionnistes. Quelques pièces ont déjà utilisée au concours de musique 'Jugend musiziert' et prouvé leur excellence. / Flûte Traversière Et Piano

Attractive pieces arranged by the great flautist Paul Taffanel from the orchestral Suite Algerienne by Saint-Saens a friend and colleague of Taffanel. French Flute Encores Series. Edited by Edward Blakeman to suit flautists of all ages. Grades 5-6.

Flute with piano accompaniment-This book contains the best known and most beautiful wedding classics for Flute with Piano accompaniment. Great composers from different style periods are present: from Johann Sebastian Bach to Richard Wagner. With stately as well as cheerfully informal melodies Classics for Weddings offers ample choice. On the CD you will find demo as well as play-along versions of all the pieces. A fine aid for studying! The enclosed part is also suitable for Organ.