Variations on a Swedish Folktune

Dahl, I

Trois pieces [Three Pieces]

Ferroud, P-O

Pierre-Octave Ferroud was a French composer and critic. He initially studied piano and at the University of Lyon, he studied harmony. He became a well known concert promoter around Lyon and founded an association of chamber-music lovers. He also was active as a full-time critic. As a composer, he left a handful of elaborate compositions. His compositional diction can be described as full of brilliance. In September 1936. he was struck and killed by a car as he walked on a road.

Presser Publications presents Adolphus Hailstork's 'Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees)' for solo flute.

In Korean mythology, Yuhwa was the daughter of a River God, tricked into marrying the Sun God. She escaped back to her homeland and gave birth to a son who became the founder and monarch of Korea’s northern kingdom. The symbolic willow tree is considered a source of healing in Korean folklore and elsewhere around the world.

Hailstork’s 6-minute depiction is a luscious mix of innocent (and catchy) melody, blended with fascinating drama and texture to create a concert work that both stands on its own as pure music and depicts the legend of the goddess Yuhwa.

Spirit Flight

Hoover, K

Best known for her solo flute piece Kokopeli, Katherine Hoover returns with this new wonderwork, Spirit Flight. The soaring flute vocal lines earn this special title, using every bit of the instrument's range and dynamic qualities. For advanced flutists.

Sonata (Appassionata) in F sharp minor op. 140

Karg-Elert, S

Aubade

Larsen, L

Libby Larsen presents Aubade for solo flute.

From the composer: 'Aubade is a word drawn from several sources: Auba (dawn), Alborada (Spanish), Albus (white). The word means morning music, as opposed to the serenade, or evening music. It is a song or a poem to greet the dawn and usually denotes music of a quiet, idyllic nature. It is also seen as a morning love song, or song or poem of parting lovers at dawn. In the 17th century noblemen held gatherings, feasts in the morning for which aubades were composed. They were played in the open air just as the sun began to break the horizon.'

Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, maman'

Nicholson, C

International Music Company presents Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, maman' for flute solo.

A popular French children's song from the eighteenth century, 'Ah, vous dirai-je maman' has been set to many different lyrics in many different countries. We know it in America as 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. Ransom Wilson took Charles Henry Nicholson's version of Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, maman' and arranged it for solo flute in this exciting and short rendition.

The Extatic Shepherd

Scott, C

Cyril Scott presents The Extatic Shepherd (Le Berger extatique) for flute alone. Dedicated to Louis Fleury.