Flute, piano SKU: FG.55011-613-9 Composed by Kai Nieminen. Fennica Gehrma...(+)
Flute, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-613-9
Composed by Kai Nieminen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-613-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-613-9).
ISBN
9790550116139.
The
music of Finnish composer
Kai Nieminen (b. 1953)
does not conform to any
isms. He remarks: I feel
like I am a painter in
music, who having seen or
experienced something
attempts to give that
something a shape in
music. The flute concerto
Palomar was written for
Patrick Gallois and
premiered 2001 in Milan,
Italy. The idea for his
Flute Concerto came to
Nieminen at the Villa
Lante in Rome when he was
kept awake by persistent
birdsong in the heat of
the night. The title
alludes to the last
novel, Palomar, by Italo
Calvino. Though Nieminen
finds inspiration in
literature, the visual
arts and nature, he has
no desire to confine the
listener to any
programme. The aim of the
extra-musical stimuli is
at most to fire his
listeners' imagination
and to make them savour
musical visions with a
mind as open as that of
Calvino's Mr Palomar
examining the little
wonders of the world
around him. The
orchestral score is
available for sale (ISMN
9790550096370) and the
performance material for
hire from Fennica
Gehrman.
Flute and Piano SKU: BT.MUSM570366569 Composed by Thomas Simaku. Classica...(+)
Flute and Piano
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366569
Composed by Thomas
Simaku. Classical. Score
Only. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570366569. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366569).
English.
Moj e
Bukura Moré (My
Beautiful Morea) has its
origin in Southern Italy,
in Calabria, where an
Albanian community has
lived for more than 500
years, and so has the
song! The tenderness of
the melodic lines
expresses the natural
beauty of the distant
homeland, which according
to legend can be seen
from the Calabrian
mountain-tops. As in most
folk songs, this tune is
remarkably short; the
melody itself has not
been altered, but has
been extended, enriched
in texture and presented
in different ways. The
melodic lines serve as a
point of departure for
the proliferation of a
distinct harmonic
vocabulary. TS.
Flute and piano SKU: P2.10014 Composed by Alejandro Guardia, Jr. Solo mus...(+)
Flute and piano
SKU:
P2.10014
Composed by
Alejandro Guardia, Jr.
Solo music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.10014).
Stress is a
constant part of
everyone's lives. Finding
peace and patience when
stressed is a valuable
virtue to have. In
Scherzo, I play with the
idea of chaos and beauty
existing together. The
chaotic life of a
creative person can seen
demanding at times, but
creating something
beautiful in the form of
art makes the headaches
and stress worth it at
the end of the day. This
piece recreates this with
the piano bringing in
wave upon wave of
tension. Tight clusters
of notes and alternating
asymmetric time
signatures create a
tumultuous and
uncomfortable setting for
our flutist to try and
create something of
beauty...