Flute; Piano
Accompaniment (Score and
Solo Part)
SKU:
HL.253939
Flute
and Piano. Composed
by Jó and zef
Swider. PWM. Classical.
Softcover. 22 pages.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #12021010.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(HL.253939).
9.0x12.0
inches.
Allegretto
for flute and piano by
Jozef Swider is a work of
a great artistic value
that comprises a perfect
didactic material,
filling a gap in the
Polish flute literature.
Allegretto for flute and
piano is a one-part
composition of an ABA1
structure with a cadenza.
A four-bar piano
introduction developsinto
the flute part intoning a
dance and folk-style
melody, which becomes
fragmented in terms of
rhythm and densified in
its facture. The dialogue
between the flute and the
piano involves mutual
motif complementation.
The melody gathers
momentum (numerous
ascending and descending
progressions,
undulations, typical
ties, trills), a dynamic
gradation develops into
the middle, more peaceful
and cantilena-style,
part. The culmination,
initially outlined by the
flute and continued by
the piano, leads to the
cadenza characterised by
considerable performative
freedom across motifs in
parts A and B, exhibiting
the colour and sound
values ofthe instrument.
The link A1 comprises a
quasi-variation
development of the first
passage of the work; it
is the most
dynamic,energetic and
diversified in terms of
the applied sound
registers (characteristic
alloctava marking),
articulation and agogics.
Themarking piu vivo in
bar 136, combined with
irregular metric
divisions and shifts in
accents, intensified
dynamics and expression
adds spontaneity,
ultimately leading to the
work's finale. The
application of the minor
mode, the economy of
expressive means and a
changeable course of
narration reflect
introvert characteristics
of the composer a man of
outstanding humbleness
and modesty, at the same
time full of unrest,
self-criticism and little
faith towards himself,
which is confirmed by
recently found notes of
his.