Vine, C :: Pipe Dreams

Publisher
Faber Music
Orchestration
fl, pn
Includes CD or Audio Download
No
Classification
Not Applicable
Genre
Undefined

Carl Vine's concerto Pipe Dreams, here presented for the first time as a reduction for flute and piano, is a dazzling tonal showpiece commissioned for Emmanuel Pahud and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 2003. A strong follow-up to Vine's popular Flute Sonata, Pipe Dreams is a worthwhile contender for best flute concerto of the 21st Century.

Composer's note:

'There is something innately human about cherishing one's deepest desires while knowing that they are impossible. Part of the model in this work is also the folly that a flute - the instrument itself - might harbor its own secret wishes. In a universe where all is possible, what might a flute dream?

The work uses one of my preferred architectures: a single movement with three sections in the classic form moderate-slow-fast. Although the solo line is unashamedly virtuosic, the intention is not to dazzle but to explore as much dreaminess as possible, filtered through the willfulness of a metal pipe which believes it has no limits. There is no specific consideration in this music of the opium pipe, from which the term pipe dream originates.'

- Carl Vine

Publisher
Faber Music
Orchestration
fl, pn
Includes CD or Audio Download
No
Classification
Not Applicable
Genre
Undefined

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