Chamber Music Bass Flute, Piano SKU: PR.114418900 Composed by Daniel Dorf...(+)
Chamber Music Bass Flute,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114418900
Composed
by Daniel Dorff. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+8
pages. Duration 14
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41890.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114418900).
ISBN
9781491129517. UPC:
680160668632.
A
welcome addition to the
bass flute repertoire,
Dorff’s 14-minute
sonata is designed as two
pairs of slow-fast
movements. While composed
as a complete 4-movement
sonata, either half may
be performed alone as a
7-minute recital work.
The movement titles are:
I. Sprawling, burbling;
II. Sparkling,
glistening; III. Under
Winter; and IV. Spring
Spirits. When Peter
Sheridan commissioned me
to write a piece for bass
flute and piano, his only
requests were a
sonata-like
multi-movement work, and
some kind of reference to
New York, where we both
grew up. Just the thought
of a bass flute, with its
broad and mighty
airstream, already
reminded me of the mighty
Hudson River: from the
dense woods of upstate
New York, through the
beautiful landscapes of
New Paltz and
Poughkeepsie, down
through the celebrated
Manhattan waterway.As I
daydreamed how to build a
sonata inspired by the
Hudson, I thought of its
deep primal nature carved
by the Ice Age, and the
life within the river and
on its shores long before
humans arrived. I thought
of how the river’s
magnetism drew Native
Americans who honored and
built their lives around
it. I thought of
beautiful trees and
wildlife, the annual
cycles of ecosystems, and
the natural symbiosis
between the river itself,
the life within, and the
life on land spawned by
the river’s
resources.I wondered what
if Thoreau had sat by the
Hudson rather than by
Walden Pond; I wondered
what if Hesse had set
Siddhartha in the Hudson
Valley with this river as
his metaphor for the flow
of life and time.I
wondered whether the
sonata should flow from
north to south, or have
chronological references.
I wondered if I should
allude to the many poets
and painters who have
drawn inspiration from
the mighty Hudson. Every
thought led to the
river’s essence,
its own spirit and life
— flowing through
raw nature, from skinny
trickles to mightiness
spawning cities;
supporting subtle life,
and becoming a central
commons for human
societies.The subtitle
Spirit of the Hudson
brings it all together.*
* *The sonata is built in
4 movements, with formal
inspiration from the
Baroque: A slow Mvt. 1
“Sprawling,
burbling†leads
directly to the rapid
Mvt. 2 “Sparkling,
glistening,â€
followed by another
slow-fast pair: Mvt. 3
“Under
Winter†which leads
directly into Mvt. 4
“Spring
Spirits.†In
addition to performances
of the complete sonata,
either pair of movements
may be performed on its
own for a shorter concert
segment.SONATA (SPIRIT OF
THE HUDSON) was premiered
at the International Low
Flutes Festival in April
2018 by its commissioner,
bass flutist Peter
Sheridan, with Hyeeun
Hahm as pianist.
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Composed by Adrienne Albert. Set of Score and Parts. 12 4 pages. Duration 6 mi...(+)
Composed by Adrienne
Albert.
Set of Score and Parts.
12 4
pages. Duration 6
minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-
42266. Published by
Theodore
Presser Company
(Flute/Piano) SKU: HL.48181498 Composed by Henri Tomasi. Leduc. Post-1900...(+)
(Flute/Piano)
SKU:
HL.48181498
Composed
by Henri Tomasi. Leduc.
Post-1900. Softcover. 4
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL21072. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181498).
UPC:
888680842635. 0.052
inches.
French
composer and conductor,
Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)
composed The Little
Corsican Goatherd in
1952. As with his other
woodwind compositions,
The Little Corsican
Goatherd was
well-received by
audiences. Tomasi was
born in Marseille, but
his Father and Mother
were originally from La
Casinca in Corsica.
Despite being pressured
in to musical studies by
his parents, Tomasi
dreamed of becoming a
sailor, and during the
summer, he stayed with
his Grandmother in
Corsica where he learnt
traditional Corsican
songs. However, in 1921,
he began his studies at
the Paris Conservatoire
and went on to become a
high profile composer and
conductor. Tomasi did not
forget his Corsican
routes, often
incorporating themes of
the songs he had learnt
during the summers with
his Grandmother. This is
apparent in The Little
Corsican Goatherd for
Flute and Piano or Harp
accompaniment. This
Tomasi piece is suitable
to intermediate level
flautists and its
popularity has been
proven by its inclusion
in the ABRSM grade 5
syllabus since 2005..