Music Recommendations
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Idyll – The English Flute Unheard
An Introduction to the Repertoire When my pianist Oliver Davies and I started researching suitable repertoire to include on our album “Idyll”, we had no idea how much of interest we would find across a huge range of styles and eras. The only proviso was that the composers had a connection with the Royal College of…
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Flute Tutor Books – Recommendations 2018
The market for flute tutor books is crowded and often bewildering. Chris Hankin picks out three modern books which are all written by flute players.
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Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 8
Grade 8: The Penultimate Grade Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Muller: Concerto in E minor Op 19 John Ranish: Sonata in A minor Nineteenth Century Italian Music for Flute and Piano Romantic Miniatures Book 2 Albeniz arr Hedges: Sevilla Paul Lewis: Serenade Populaire Edward Gregson: Aztec Dances Christopher Ball: Invocations of Pan…
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Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 7
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 4 in D major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Telemann: Sonata in G major Frederick the Great: Allegro from Sonata in B flat Spitta No 76. Serini: Andantino grazioso and Allegro assai from Sonata No 1 in D major Gluck arr Boehm: …
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Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 6
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Drouet: Allegro Moderato from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 8 in C major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Vivace: Allegro from Concerto in D major RV783 Gaubert: Madrigal Andy Scott: And Everything is Still John Frith: Arabesque Paul Lewis: Lullaby…
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Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 5
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! 300 Years of Flute Music Drouet: Rondeau from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Frederick the Great: Allegro assai from Sonata in A minor, Spitta No. 21 Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 10 in D minor from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Sunrise, Sunset from Roll Over Bach…
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Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 3 and 4
Wonderful music abounds at these two grades and the emphasis is on original music which is great for players at this level. There are also lovely tunes to enjoy, as well as a good helping of pieces in the jazz idiom. Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance Grade 3 Kopellmann-Martini (ed): Classical Music…
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Exploring the 2018 ABRSM Flute Syllabus: Grades 1 and 2
So here we are again! Astonishingly it’s 8 years since ABRSM introduced a selection of the music for each grade in one book. This seemed such a big event back then, but now we are all used to the format, like it or not! The marketing of the ABRSM volumes has been even more targeted…
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Alternatives to Mozart: Classical Flute Concertos
There are plenty of alternatives to the Mozart flute concertos, and the Classical period has a wonderful variety of composers who wrote very well for the instrument. The manageable string parts mean that some are ideal to perform with a school orchestra, whilst others are very challenging indeed! Glück The earlier Classical period is rich…
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Composer Profile: Geoff Eales
It is fortunate for us flute players that jazz pianist-composer Geoff Eales and the talented Andy Findon are such good friends. As a direct result of their collaboration for the CD The Dancing Flute, we now have some of the best flute jazz music to play for ourselves. Eales studied composition with Alun Hoddinott and…