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ContactWednesday 19 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Karg-Elert
from “30 Caprices for Flute Solo”
Today's piece is the ninth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Allegro by Loeillet
from Sonata for two flutes in E minor
This is the third movement of the sixth sonata from the second book of Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's collection of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
Monday 17 June 2013
Tune of the Day: The Emperor Waltz
by Johann Strauss II, transcribed for solo flute
Johann Strauss II composed the Kaiser-Walzer in 1889. The waltz was originally titled “Hand in Hand”, and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian emperor Franz Josef on the occasion of his visit to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a ”toast of friendship” extended by Austria to Germany. Strauss' publisher, Fritz Simrock, suggested the title Kaiser-Walzer since the title could allude to either monarch, and thus satisfy the vanity of both rulers.
Categories: WaltzesSunday 16 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Birk Hall
Traditional Scottish Strathspey
This pipe tune first appeared in Robert Ross's Choice Selection of Scots, Reels,Country Dances & Strathspeys (1780). The tune is named after Birkhall, a vast estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, whose name derives from the Scottish birk haugh, meaning ‛birch river-meadow’.
Saturday 15 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Gariboldi
from “Thirty Easy and Progressive Studies”
This study in syncopation is Etude No. 26 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
Friday 14 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Aria by Blavet
from Sonata for two flutes in D minor
This Aria is the third movement of a Sonata in D minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
Thursday 13 June 2013
Tune of the Day: Grave Adagio by Albinoni
from “Trattenimenti armonici”
The “Grave Adagio” in D major we present today is the opening movement of the seventh Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.