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Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Karg-Elert

This is the fifth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Via resti servita

In the middle of Act I of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Marcellina and Susanna share this brilliant exchange of very politely delivered sarcastic insults. In the end, Susanna triumphs by congratulating Marcellina on her impressive age, and the older woman departs in a fury.

Tune of the Day: Larghetto

This is the opening movement of Handel's Sonata in G minor for Recorder. The measured tread and hypnotically steady theme of this Larghetto seems to announce that this as a sober sonata. Upon each iteration, however, the melody becomes a bit more ornate, so the movement is not as austere as it may initially seem.

Tune of the Day: The Humors of Limerick

The earliest printing of a tune by the title “The Humors of Limerick” is found in a 1778 collection by Glasgow musician Joshua Campbell. Chicago collector Francis O'Neill writes, in his Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913), that a special dance was performed to this melody.

Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Gariboldi

This is étude No. 22 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: Andantino by Köhler

Here is a new duet from the first volume of Ernesto Köhler's Forty Progressive Duets. In this piece the main melody is given to the first flute, while the second flute plays more of an accompaniment role.

Tune of the Day: Fantasia for Solo Flute No. 3

Published in 1732, the twelve Fantasias for Solo Flute by Georg Philipp Telemann have become a staple of the solo flute repertoire. They were originally written for the transverse flute, but have been enthusiastically embraced by recorder players, many of whom insist that Telemann really wrote them for the recorder.

The third Fantasia is in the key of B minor. It starts off with a few slow and melancholic opening gestures, but soon bursts into a frenetic Vivace, and finally ends with a lively ternary gigue.

Thanks to John for suggesting this piece!