{"product_id":"rautavaara-e-concerto-dances-with-the-winds","title":"Rautavaara, E :: Concerto - 'Dances with the Winds'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe flute concerto ‘Dances with the Winds’ was composed in 1974 for the Swedish flautist Gunilla von Bohr, a specialist in all members of the flute family. The ordinary flute thus alternates with a bass flute at the beginning and end of the four-movement concerto, the second movement is assigned to the shrill piccolo and the third to the sensuous alto flute. The last movement is a summary of all the musical events in the concerto. At the end the bass flute soars to the top of its register, the note D acting as the pivot to many of the symmetries in the work, against a resigned B flat minor chord on the orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e’The colourful Flute Concerto Dances with the Winds is a more extrovert piece with Nielsen as a fairly certain forebear. The action-packed opening movement withstands some fairly aggressive interjections from the brass, though by 3'43'' the string writing has taken on a modal quality reminiscent of Vaughan Williams. The brief second movement recalls the shrill sound world of fifes and drums; the elegiac Andante moderato offers plenty of jam for the alto flute, and the finale’s striking mood-swings have just a hint of Bernsteinian exuberance about them.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Gramophone UK review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor advanced players.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breitkopf \u0026 Hartel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46966458089766,"sku":"9790004185780","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/3559\/5814\/products\/D009790004185780_d.jpg?v=1697476205","url":"https:\/\/www.flute4u.com\/products\/rautavaara-e-concerto-dances-with-the-winds","provider":"Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}