This gavotte is taken from Michael Praetorius's Terpsichore (1612), a compendium of more than 300 instrumental dances, which is both his most widely known work, and his sole surviving secular work.
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Today we present the fifteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This classic lament, to be played slowly and sadly, was penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903. It was written as a tribute to Major-General Hector MacDonald, a distinguished Scottish general around the turn of the century.
The tune has been covered by many artists since its release, and is still reasonably well known today.
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This Allemande is the opening movement of a flute sonata in G major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This is the third movement of a flute trio in D major by Baroque flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This is the seventeenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This tune is taken from Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808, published in London by Goulding & Co.
Joseph Grimaldi (1778–1837) was the most famous English clown, who made the character of a clown a leading role in the theatre. He introduced pantomime to the theatre, and established the art of audience participation. At the time of Goulding's publication, Grimaldi was at the top of his career, and just past his greatest success in Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg (1806).
This gigue is the third and final movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 1 in A minor for flute and continuo. It is one of the many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
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The two passepieds we present today constitute the fourth duet in A major from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. The French title Les Ménétriers can be translated as “The Fiddlers”.
The study in F major we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the fifth piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This lively reel has been named to make the listener think of a flood of rushing water, just like the famous angling river, the River Spey, in Morayshire, Scotland.
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This Pastorale, originally written as a study for solo piano by German pianist and composer Friedrich Burgmüller, is taken from his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.
This is the fourth and final movement of a flute trio in D major by Baroque flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
Today we present the sixteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This march tune, also known as “Major John Bruce's Favourite”, appears in the second volume of James Aird's A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, published in 1782.
The Allegro in C minor we present today is the fourth and final movement of the tenth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This is the fourth and last movement of the second sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is the eighteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
Today we present another march tune by James Scott Skinner, one of Scotland's most famous fiddlers.
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This gavotte is the third movement of the Holberg Suite, Op. 40, a suite of five movements for solo piano based on eighteenth-century dance forms. Edvard Grieg composed it in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Danish-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig Holberg.
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This dance tune is taken from Michael Praetorius's Terpsichore (1612), a compendium of more than 300 instrumental dances, which is both his most widely known work, and his sole surviving secular work.
The study in G major we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the seventh piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This country dance tune is taken from the first volume of Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, first published in London in 1757.
This is the slow second movement of a flute sonata in G major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This short prelude opens the sixth section of the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
Today we present the seventeenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This Irish tune is taken from George Petrie's Complete Collection of Irish Music (1905), where it appears as “a Cork reel from P. Carew's manuscripts”.
This is the sixth movement of Mozart's Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major, K. 361/370a. In its original form, it is a serenade scored for thirteen instruments; twelve winds and string bass. The piece was probably composed in 1781 or 1782, and is often known by the subtitle “Gran Partita”, though the title is a misspelling and not in Mozart's hand.
Thanks to Lily for suggesting this piece!
This is the opening movement of the third sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is the nineteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This lively quickstep by famous Scots fiddler James Scott Skinner was written in the bagpipe idiom, as you can tell from the little grace notes in the main part.
The Lovat Scouts were a British Army unit, formed during the Second Boer War (1900) as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment.
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