Bozza: Aria: Flute & Violin: Instrumental Work

Having won many prizes at the Paris Conservatoire during the 1920s-1930s Eugène Bozza went on to conduct the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique and to become Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes. As a major figure on the classical music frontline Bozza's compositions were well-received by audiences Aria for Violin or Flute and Piano being no exception. This Bozza piece adaptable for either Violin or Flute is lyrical and graceful displaying the beautiful lower register of both instruments accompanied by rich pulsating chords in the Piano. As music educationalist Paul Griffiths has writtenof Bozza's compositions 'his works reveal melodic fluency elegance of structure and a consistenly sensitive concern of instrumental capabilities.'