Wednesday 26 August 2015
Tune of the Day: Aria by Blavet
from Flute Sonata No. 1
This “Aria en rondeau” constitutes the third movement of the first of six sonatas for flute and continuo by French Baroque composer and flute virtuoso Michel Blavet, first published in Paris in 1732. The sonata, and this aria in particular, are nicknamed “L'Henriette”.