This “Allegro assai” is the fifth and last movement of a Sonata in A major for two flutes by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
Today we present the twelfth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This pastoral air was composed by Scots fiddler James Scott Skinner, and originally published as “Roualeyn's Plaid”. It was said to be dedicated to Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, an eccentric individual who was a big game hunter in Africa for a time, and wrote several books on the subject.
Sometime later, Skinner changed the name to “Bovaglie's Plaid”, which is the name given to the woodland around Bovaglie, in Glen Girnock in the parish of Crathie in Deeside. It is said that Queen Victoria likened the woodland to a Highland plaid.
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The Allegro in C minor we present today is the second movement of the tenth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This is the second movement of the second sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is the fourteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This 9/8-time jig first appears in Robert Bremner's Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances, published in 1757.
This gigue is the fourth and last movement of a flute sonata in D major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This Musette en Rondeau, whose title is French for “The Shepherds”, is the second duet in A major from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
Today we present the thirteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This is one of the most famous tunes composed by Scots fiddler James Scott Skinner. It was composed in 1884, and it is still popular today. “Bon Accord” is an affectionate name for the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, and appears on the city's coat-of-arms. The “Bonnie Lass” lass of the title was a young girl named Wilhelmina Bell, whose father used to play bass fiddle for Skinner's father.
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Franz Schubert composed his lullaby “Schlafe, schlafe, holder süßer Knabe” (“Sleep, sleep, gracious, sweet boy”), in November 1816. The song is also known as “Mille cherubini in coro” after an Italian language arrangement for voice and orchestra.
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti used to sing this piece in his Christmas concerts.
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This is the opening movement of a flute trio in D major by Baroque flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This is the fifteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This strathspey in F major is attributed by some sources to Samson Duncan, a fiddler from Kinclaven, Scotland. The tune appears in James Kerr's first collection of Merry Melodies, originally published in the 1870s.
“Là ci darem la mano” (Italian for “There we will give each other our hands”) is originally a duet between the characters Don Giovanni and Zerlina from Act I of Mozart's 1787 opera Don Giovanni.
The present arrangement, which includes a set of 4 variations and a coda, was written by Italian Romantic composer Saverio Mercadante.
This is the third movement of the second sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
Today we present the fourteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
“Douce Dame jolie” is a song from the 14th century by the French composer Guillaume de Machaut. The song is a virelai, belonging to the style ars nova, and is one of the most often heard medieval tunes today.
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This is the fourth and final movement of a Sonata in G minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
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This is the second movement of a flute trio in D major by Baroque flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This is the sixteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This lovely air is one of the most celebrated compositions of the famous Scots fiddler and composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). His second wife was Margaret Urquhart of Perth, to whom he was happily married for three decades.
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This Presto constitutes the central movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 1 in A minor for flute and continuo. It is one of the many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
The slow Allemande we present today is the third duet in A major from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
The study in G major we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the fourth piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This French country dance tune is taken from Robert Daubat's contradance book (tunes with dance instructions) Cent Contredanses en Rond, published in 1757.
This Adagio in C minor is the third movement of the tenth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.