Flute, piano (solo: fl -
0.0.0.2.dble bsn -
3.3.0.0. - timp.perc(3) -
hp - str)
SKU:
BR.EB-8912
Dances
with the Winds.
Composed by Einojuhani
Rautavaara. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
World premiere:
Stockholm, May 4,
1974
Solo concerto;
Music post-1945. Piano
reduction. 40 pages.
Duration 21'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 8912.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8912).
ISBN 9790004185780. 9
x 12 inches.
The
flute concerto 'Dances
with the Winds' was
composed in 1974 for the
Swedish flautist Gunilla
von Bohr, a specialist in
all members of the flute
family. The ordinary
flute thus alternates
with a bass flute at the
beginning and end of the
four-movement concerto,
the second movement is
assigned to the shrill
piccolo and the third to
the sensuous alto flute.
The last movement is a
summary of all the
musical events in the
concerto. At the end the
bass flute soars to the
top of its register, the
note D acting as the
pivot to many of the
symmetries in the work,
against a resigned B flat
minor chord on the
orchestra. (Einojuhani
Rautavaara) CD: Patrick
Gallois (flute), Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra,
cond. Leif Segerstam ODE
921-2
World
premiere: Stockholm, May
4, 1974 Additional to the
original scoring for
flute, piccolo, alto
flute, and bass flute,
the flute part in the
piano reduction contains
ossias for alto flute
instead of the bass
flute.
