repertoire
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International Women’s Day – Fabulous Works by Female Composers
Women composers are coming to the fore – and about time too! Let’s celebrate with these beauties. Flute Music by Female Composers, edited by Weinzierl and Wachter This is a veritable “who’s who” of women who have and still are writing for the flute. With repertoire ranging from the Baroque music of Anna Amalia of…
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Five Inspirational Solo Flute Pieces Fit for a Recital
If you are already starting to plan your end-of-year recital, add the wow factor with one of these brilliant contemporary pieces for solo flute.
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Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 5
Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! 300 Years of Flute Music Drouet: Rondeau from Sonata in A minor (Three Little Sonatas) Frederick the Great: Allegro assai from Sonata in A minor, Spitta No. 21 Giuseppe Rabboni: Sonata No 10 in D minor from Sonatas for Flute and Piano Sunrise, Sunset from Roll Over Bach…
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Building a Flute Library: Exploring Edition Svitzer
Edition Svitzer is a relative newcomer to the world of flute publishing. Set up in 2001, the flute catalogue is under the experienced eye of Henrik Svitzer, one of the two brothers running this family firm together with their father. All three have worked professionally as musicians, and Henrik studied with Marcel Moyse in the…
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Music for Bass Flute
It’s an exciting fact that bass flutes are becoming both cheaper and more widely available. The solo music written for this lovely instrument is also developing, which gives us a great opportunity to explore all its possible colours to the full.
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Building a Flute Library: Unusual Flute Music for Three Advanced Flutes
Right now there is great deal of exciting music available for three flutes, so if you are lucky enough to belong to a good trio there is plenty to keep you interested.