{"product_id":"griffin-f-blackheath","title":"Griffin, F :: Blackheath","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\n\tp.p1 {\n\t\tmargin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\n\t\tfont: 12.0px Verdana\n\t}\n\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\n\tp.p1 {\n\t\tmargin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\n\t\tfont: 12.0px Verdana\n\t}\n\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Australia, is the town of Blackheath, a gateway to wonderful scenery and bushwalking. It is the home of Michael Scott, my last and esteemed flute teacher in the late 1970s at Sydney Conservatorium. After meeting at a concert in 2019, he asked me if I would consider writing a solo flute piece for him. I chose an idiom reminiscent of the music I had learned with Michael, the early to mid twentieth century French repertoire that is the bread and butter of so many flute players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\n\tp.p1 {\n\t\tmargin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;\n\t\tfont: 12.0px Verdana\n\t}\n\n\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in three movements, Griffin provides a setting, as if in a script, on the imagery behind each movement: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorseshoe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e - A thin stream falls from the shear cliff edge, and is blown into wisps during its long fall to the valley floor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Gum Forest\u003c\/em\u003e - Immensely tall ancient blue gums fill the valley, it is still, but not quiet, with the voices of birds echoing between the trees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGovett's Leap\u003c\/em\u003e - Another waterfall and spectacular lookout, the word 'Leap' refers to the stream. However, there is a legend that in the pioneering days of Australia, an escaped convict named Govett evaded capture by plunging with his horse off the cliff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1157698954\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\u0026amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alrypublications\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"UMMP\"\u003eUMMP\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alrypublications\/sets\/fran-griffin-blackheath-for-solo-flute\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Fran Griffin - Blackheath for Solo Flute\"\u003eFran Griffin - Blackheath for Solo Flute\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ALRY Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46969110855974,"sku":"9790302119241","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/3559\/5814\/products\/D009790302119241.jpg?v=1697522018","url":"https:\/\/www.flute4u.com\/products\/griffin-f-blackheath","provider":"Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}