Flute Quintet
Concert work in 4 movements for flute and string quartet
First Performance: English Serenata, A tour of music including The Snowman and the Flute Qunintet with Jeffery Dench and English Serenata: Bidford-on-Avon (Nov 22), Bishop’s Stortford (Nov 30), Norwich (Dec 13), Wavendon (Dec 14), Buxton Opera House (Dec 29), 22 November 2008 – 29 December 2008.
Composer’s note: I played the flute at school and always held a special affinity for the instrument, often composing prominent solos for it within the context of my orchestral music, but never completing a concerto. The flautist Gay Byam-Grounds had been the soloist and leader of the English Serenata who had formed the ensemble which helped me develop the full-length stage show of ‘The Snowman’ from 1993 onwards. In 1996 as an enthusiastic performer of my music she summoned up the courage to commission a concerto and I accepted. As often with my music the main theme had been in my mind for some years and I now committed it to paper.
Movements
- 1:
- Allegro Cantando 3min 40sec
- 2:
- Scherzo Con Spirito 3min 30sec
- 3:
- Andante Espressivo 4min 25sec
- 4:
- Marcia Giocoso 6min
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