Today we propose the second movement of a Sonata for flute and basso continuo in D major, penned by Italian Baroque composer Giovanni Platti around 1743.
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This Adagio is the second movement of a Sonata in D major written for three German flutes by Johann Scherer, a German composer of the 18th century.
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This is the fourth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This hop jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. O'Neill's source was fiddler James Kennedy, who had the tune from his father Peter, a celebrated local fiddle master from Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Ireland.
This gigue is the piece that concludes Bach's Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007. The gigue (also called giga or jig, even if these terms are generally only used for its Italian and British counterparts, respectively) was a lively dance, usually in 6/8 time or some other compound time. It was the most common form for the last movement of a Baroque suite.
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This is the seventh duet from the first volume of La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute) by Italian composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
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Today we present the third study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This 9/8 time jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. The tune probably descended from an older one, known in England and Scotland as “Andrew Carey”.
Sitting right at the heart of Ireland's lush midlands, County Tipperary is quite well known for its rolling hills, valleys, and majestic mountain ranges.
Today we propose the third movement of a Sonata for flute and basso continuo in D major, penned by Italian Baroque composer Giovanni Platti around 1743.
Thanks to Doug for suggesting this piece!
This 3/4-time Vivace is the third movement of a Sonata in D major for three flutes written by Johann Scherer, a German composer of the 18th century.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This is the fifth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
The earliest appearance of this slip jig is found in Book 3 of Stephen Grier's manuscript collection, dated 1883.
The tune was notably recorded under the title “Paschal's” by the Irish folk group Na Fili in 1971.
Telemann's first Fantasia for Solo Flute is in the key of A major. Because the piece was designed to be played with no continuo accompaniment, the flute's single line assumes various roles simultaneously, sometimes soaring to a high note before quickly dipping down to provide a closing cadential figure. A prime example can be found in the middle section of the opening Vivace, where Telemann created the illusion of a fugal texture by rapidly sending the flute across registers to intermittently execute quasi-contrapuntal figurations. This piece is also typical in its alternation of slow and fast sections, marked “ad.” and “all.” for “adagio” and “allegro” respectively. The fantasia ends with a binary-form (AABB) passepied in 3/8 time, a lively dance music form that originated in Brittany in the 17th-century.
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This is the eigth duet from the first volume of La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute) by Italian composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!
Today we present the fourth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This hop jig was first printed in R.M. Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland, published in London in 1858.
Whigsborough is a historic townland located in County Offaly in central Ireland, near the town of Birr.
This supple aria starts Handel's Sonata in C major for Recorder and continuo. Despite the movement being a Larghetto in C major, it concludes with a one-bar Adagio in G major.
Here are the links to the other movements of the sonata: Allegro, Larghetto, A tempo di Gavotta, Allegro.
This minuet, along with its Trio, constitutes the fourth and last movement of the third Sonata for three flutes by Johann Scherer.
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This is the sixth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This slip jig appeared in several collections around the turn of the 19th century and in its early decades. It was published in England in dancing master Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ball Room (1816), where its provenance is given as “Irish”. It is also found, as an untitled piece, in the 1798 music manuscript collection of Joshua Jackson from Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
This is one of the characteristic dances that show up in the second act of The Nutcracker, when Clara and the Prince arrive at the Kingdom of Sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Fairy and the people of the Kingdom perform several dances for Clara and the Prince, including a “Spanish Dance” that is sometimes called “Chocolate”.
Unlike other characteristic pieces like the Russian (Trepak), Chinese (Tea) or Arabian (Coffee) dances, the Spanish Dance was not later included by Tchaikovsky in The Nutcracker Suite, which was intended for concert performance.
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This is the central movement of Georg Philipp Telemann's Canonic Sonata No. 2 for two flutes, although it was published as Sonata No. 6 in at least one collection. As with all canons, both players can play from the same part.
Today we present the fifth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This slip jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. Previous publications, however, indicate that the tune has been around since at least the 1880s.