Kagel, M :: Phantasiestuck
Mauricio Kagel presents the iconic Phantasiestück for flute (doubling alto flute and piccolo) and piano.
"Kagel’s approach to flute writing is to use all of the colours available - all you can possibly imagine. I mentioned the word Fantasy above. Kagel had a Schumann obsession and Schumann wrote a Fantasy Op. 73 and another Op. 88 and there is the Piano Fantasie Op. 17. In Kagel’s Phantasiestück a true dialogue is opened up between the two sound-worlds. The flute uses quarter-tones and what Richard Whitehouse brilliantly describes as ‘virtual breathing’. There is another passage in which the player sings down the flute in unison with what is played by the keys. The pianist also taps, early on in the piece, on the woodwork. All of these otherworldly sounds help to create a ‘fantasy’ ecosphere unique and like no other." - Gary Higginson, Musicweb International
"Phantasiestück is playful, filled with a sort of good humor, harmonically rather primal sometimes, yet quite modern sounding, almost neo-classical in the Stravinskian sense, and thoroughly enjoyable." - Grego Applegate Edwards, Classical-Modern Music Review
Duration: 19'20. For advanced players.
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