This Vivace is the fourth and final movement of a Sonata in C major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This rondeau constitutes the second duet in C minor from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. The French title “Les Cignes” means “The Swans”.
This Allegretto in F-sharp is the eleventh piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This traditional air is taken from Petrie's Complete Irish Music, published in 1902.
The Barrow is the the second-longest river in Ireland. It is one of The Three Sisters, the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore.
This globally known melody was written in 1898 by Italian composer and singer Eduardo di Capua. While there are many versions of the lyrics, “’O sole mio” is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language. The title is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian “Il sole mio”, which translates literally as “my sunshine”.
“’O sole mio” has been performed and covered by many artists, including famous opera singers Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, and Mario Lanza. Luciano Pavarotti even won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his rendition.
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This short piece for two flutes is the central movement of the first duet from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's Trois petits duos faciles (also published as Three Small and Easy Duos), Op. 20.
This Adagio constitutes the tenth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen. Watch out for the accidentals!
This “ancient” folk tune is taken from P.W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, published in 1909. Joyce copied it “from a manuscript lent by Mrs. Woodroffe (of Cork?)”.
This allemande is the second movement of the second of six sonatas for flute and continuo that Michel Blavet published in Paris in 1732.
This is the opening movement of the eighth sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This study in E major is the twelfth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
Japanese composer Ōno Tadasuke composed this melody in 1917, setting to music the 1903 poem of the same name by Takehisa Yumeji. “Yoimachigusa” literally means “evening waiting grass”, which poetically translates to ”Evening Primrose”, a lovely lemon-yellow flower that opens its blossoms only during the night. The song is a metaphor for one who is waiting in the evening for the person he or she loves.
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This is the opening movement of a Sonata in D minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This Andante is the closing movement of the first duet from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's Trois petits duos faciles (also published as Three Small and Easy Duos), Op. 20.
This Moderato constitutes the eleventh study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.
The traditional Scottish hornpipe tune we present today is taken from James S. Kerr's Merry Melodies, arguably the most popular collection of Scottish tunes ever published.
This gavotte constitutes the third movement of the second of six sonatas for flute and continuo that Michel Blavet published in Paris in 1732.
This short prelude opens the thirteenth section of the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This Tarentelle in E major is the thirteenth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This melody first appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's first country dance collection, published in London in 1753. The title may refer to an apparatus for acrobatic entertainment.
This syncopated Allegro is the second movement of a Sonata in D minor for recorder and basso continuo written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This Allegro is the opening movement of the second duet from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's Trois petits duos faciles (also published as Three Small and Easy Duos), Op. 20.
This is the twelfth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.
“Quem pastores laudavere” is Latin for “He whom the shepherds praised”. The hymn has been popular in Germany since the 16th century, and its title, shortened to “Quempas”, is also used as a generic term for Christmas songs in a German caroling tradition.
The earliest source for this Christmas tune was found by R.R. Terry in a manuscript dated 1410, at Hohenfurth Abbey, Germany. Many versions exist from the sixteenth century. The most famous arrangement is probably the one from Michael Praetorius, with the German text “Den die Hirten lobeten sehre”.
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This piece is taken from the circa-1757 Nouveau livre de noëls for organ and harpsichord by French composer Louis-Claude Daquin. The book contains settings of Christmas carols in the French style, and includes some of Daquin's harpsichord improvisations.
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This allemande is the second movement of the eighth sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This Pastorale in F major is the fourteenth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This French country dance tune is taken from Robert Daubat's contradance book (tunes with dance instructions) Cent Contredanses en Rond, published in 1757. The title is French for “The Neighbors”.
This sarabande is the fourth movement of the second of six sonatas for flute and continuo that Michel Blavet published in Paris in 1732.
This Allegretto is the closing movement of the second duet from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's Trois petits duos faciles (also published as Three Small and Easy Duos), Op. 20.
This Allegretto constitutes the thirteenth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.