Music Recommendations
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Four Fresh Flute books for Back to School
Challenging times for everyone continue, but as the new school year gets underway here are some new books that might make the task of ‘getting back to the new normal’ just that little bit easier and more fun. First Book of Classical Flute, edited by Andrea Cappellari This is a such a great book! Simple…
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Chris Hankin’s Mini Flute Workshops for Adults Repertoire List
This series of six mini workshops proved to be a great success. The following list highlights both the pieces I chose and the ideas put forward by the participants. This was a real team effort! Please click on the title to see more details. Workshop 1: How to survive a crisis! My List: Bordogni arr…
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How to Maintain Order when all Around is Chaos!
With the Great Global Lockdown due to continue for a while yet it’s probably time for a shake-up to our practice routine. Self-isolation is a very strange situation for a musician to be in as all our activity is based around social connections. Movitation could dip at any time so it’s important to have a…
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So you want to be a piccolo player?
Buying a piccolo is so exciting! It may be small in size but it is a powerful instrument, and eventually, you will be able to dominate everything! It can also be a very beautiful instrument and – in the right hands – an utterly magical one.
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“What Should I be Practising?”
Learning the flute (or any musical instrument) is not always a smooth process of steady improvement. We all learn in different ways with our own strengths and weaknesses, so there will be times when things can get frustrating if one feels they are not improving as much as they would like. Other factors also affect…
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Idyll – The English Flute Unheard
An Introduction to the Repertoire When my pianist Oliver Davies and I started researching suitable repertoire to include on our album “Idyll”, we had no idea how much of interest we would find across a huge range of styles and eras. The only proviso was that the composers had a connection with the Royal College of…
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Flute Tutor Books – Recommendations 2018
The market for flute tutor books is crowded and often bewildering. Chris Hankin picks out three modern books which are all written by flute players.
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Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 8
Grade 8: The Penultimate Grade Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Muller: Concerto in E minor Op 19 John Ranish: Sonata in A minor Nineteenth Century Italian Music for Flute and Piano Romantic Miniatures Book 2 Albeniz arr Hedges: Sevilla Paul Lewis: Serenade Populaire Edward Gregson: Aztec Dances Christopher Ball: Invocations of Pan…
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Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 7
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 4 in D major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Telemann: Sonata in G major Frederick the Great: Allegro from Sonata in B flat Spitta No 76. Serini: Andantino grazioso and Allegro assai from Sonata No 1 in D major Gluck arr Boehm: …
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Exploring the new ABRSM flute syllabus 2018: Grade 6
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Drouet: Allegro Moderato from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 8 in C major from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Vivace: Allegro from Concerto in D major RV783 Gaubert: Madrigal Andy Scott: And Everything is Still John Frith: Arabesque Paul Lewis: Lullaby…