Today we propose étude No. 28 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This hornpipe in G major appears in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland, published in 1903.
The Allegro in D major we present today is the second movement of the seventh Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This Allegro in rondo form constitutes the final movement of a Sonata in D minor for two flutes composed by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This light and fast 4/8-time piece is the twelfth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This is a folk song that every Cuban knows, young or old, on or off the island. Some may not know the words, but the melody is inescapable!
This Allegro is the opening movement of a Sonata in G major for flute or violin written by Czech composer Johann Baptist Wanhal.
This “Andante non moderato” is the first piece from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century.
Today we propose étude No. 29 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This traditional Scottish polka was derived from Johann Strauss Sr.’s “Beliebte Annen Polka”, composed in 1842. Seattle fiddler Vivian Williams, who discovered the connection, notes that the Strauss piece should non be confused with Johann Strauss Jr.’s “Annen Polka”, written in 1852.
In 1911, on a visit to Buenos Aires, the famous Italian composer Pietro Mascagni conducted his opera Isabeau at the Teatro Coliseo. A little bit later, Ángel Villoldo paid a tribute to the composer of Cavallería rusticana by publishing the instrumental tango “Don Pedro”, which Villoldo dedicated “to the eximious Italian maestro Pietro Mascagni”.
Many thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This Adagio is the opening movement of a Sonata in E minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This is the thirteenth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo. It is marked quasi 2 flauti, meaning that it should almost sound as if it were played by two flutes; which is why it is written as two distinct voices.
The title of this tune refers to an event in the year 1691, when William of Orange invaded Ireland and defeated the native Irish forces. The melody seems to be a composition of the famous English composer Henry Purcell, first appearing as part of his incidental music to the play The Prophetess, staged in London 1690. Henry Playford published the tune in the 9th edition of the Dancing Master (1695).
This F#-minor sarabande is the fourth of the five movements that constitute Johann Pachelbel's 19th Suite for Keyboard.
Thanks to Bruno for suggesting this piece!
“Huachi torito” (which roughly translates as “giddy-up, little bull”) is an old villancico (Christmas carol) from Argentina, and is very popular in South America.
Thanks to Luis for contributing this arrangement!
This study in double tonguing is the very last piece of Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This polka is also known under the titles “Johnny Box”, “Mary Ann” and “O’Connor's Polka”, but “Hayden(‘s) Fancy” appears to be the older name for the tune. The “O'Connor's” title comes from the Boys of the Lough, who recorded the tune after learning it from musician Martin O'Connor.
Today we propose a piece of wild music, taken from Act III of Camille Saint-Saëns's grand opera Samson and Delilah, which premiered in Weimar in 1887. Based on the biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges, it is the only opera by Saint-Saëns that is still regularly performed.
Thanks to Malena for suggesting this tune!
This Romanze is the second piece from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century.
This blazingly fast 4/8-time moto perpetuo is the fourteenth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo. It is marked “Il più presto possibile”, which literally means “As fast as possible”!
This old air in A major appears in Francis O'Neill's famous collection Music of Ireland, published in 1903.
Today's tune is the last of Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Dances (Ungarische Tänze in German), a set of 21 lively dance tunes based on Hungarian themes. Even if originally written for piano four-hands, each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles.
Thanks to Karolina for suggesting this piece!
This Allegro is the second movement of a Sonata in E minor for two flutes written by French composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This étude in D minor is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.
This country dance tune was first published under the title “Parsons Farewell” by John Playford in the first edition of his The English Dancing Master (1651), but the melody clearly predates Playford. An earlier version of the melody can be found, for example, in the Skene Manuscript (circa 1615) under the title “Ostend”.
This Larghetto is the opening movement of Sonata No. 10 in D major from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
This “Allegro fugato” is the third piece from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century.
This étude in articulation is the eleventh piece from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This English country dance tune in A major is taken from Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of Country Dances, vol. 2, published circa 1764.
Here is a new tango arrangement for flute and guitar. This “Creole tango” was composed by Argentinian singer and composer Ángel Villoldo, often nicknamed “the father of tango”.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!