This long duet is the opening movement of the sixth Sonata for two flutes included in the Nouvelle Méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte by French flutist and composer François Devienne.
This is the sixth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
The earliest known appearance of this jig is in Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903.
This is the third and final movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata in D major for flute and continuo, QV 1:42. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This is the seventeenth piece from XXIV Duets for two German Flutes, Adapted to the Capacity of all Degrees of Performers, composed by English flutist Lewis Granom and first published in London in 1747.
This is the seventh study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
Today's tune was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, piper Roddy Campbell from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The author writes:
Dòmhnall Ryan and Jenna are a young brother and sister pair who enjoy their music. The three of us have fun trying out the melodies of Gaelic songs with wee pipe, flute and concertina.
Vatersay is the most southerly inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides.
Today we propose a little mazurka by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka. It is not as well known as Glinka's 6 major mazurkas, and sadly very little information can be found about it. Some sources state that it was composed in 1852.
Today's piece, a serene but bubbly duet for two flutes, was kindly contributed to our collection by a new guest composer, Riley Tripp. Thank you for sharing your music with us!
This is the eighth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
The earliest known appearance of this jig is in Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. It is also known under the title “The Winding Road”.
This is the fifteenth piece from a collection of 20 Capricci by Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It is not certain when these caprices were composed, but scholars tend to associate them with Mercadante's early years in Naples, between 1811 and 1814.
This rondeau is the third and final movement of the fifth Sonata for two flutes included in the Nouvelle Méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte by French flutist and composer François Devienne.
This is the ninth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
Today's tune was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, piper Roddy Campbell from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The title refers to Roddy's wife Jean, who loves to dance.
This is the opening movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata in C minor for flute and continuo, QV 1:18. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This is the eighteenth piece from XXIV Duets for two German Flutes, Adapted to the Capacity of all Degrees of Performers, composed by English flutist Lewis Granom and first published in London in 1747.
This is the tenth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
The earliest known appearance of this jig is in Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. The first part of O'Neill's “Billy Barlow” is the second strain of the American minstrel tune “Billy Barlow”, which dates back to the mid-19th century, although the other parts differ.
This is the sixteenth piece from a collection of 20 Capricci by Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It is not certain when these caprices were composed, but scholars tend to associate them with Mercadante's early years in Naples, between 1811 and 1814.
This duet is the central movement of the sixth Sonata for two flutes included in the Nouvelle Méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte by French flutist and composer François Devienne.
This is the eleventh study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
Today's tune was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, piper Roddy Campbell from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
“And yet it moves” is what 17th-century Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is said to have muttered after being forced to recant his claims that the Earth moves around the Sun, and not the converse.
This is the central movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata in C minor for flute and continuo, QV 1:18. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This is the nineteenth piece from XXIV Duets for two German Flutes, Adapted to the Capacity of all Degrees of Performers, composed by English flutist Lewis Granom and first published in London in 1747.
This is the twelfth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
The first known appearance of this jig is in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, first published in Boston in 1883. Francis O'Neill included an almost identical tune titled “A Merry Christmas” in his 1903 and 1907 collections.
This is the seventeenth piece from a collection of 20 Capricci by Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It is not certain when these caprices were composed, but scholars tend to associate them with Mercadante's early years in Naples, between 1811 and 1814.
This duet is the third and final movement of the sixth Sonata for two flutes included in the Nouvelle Méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte by French flutist and composer François Devienne.
This is the thirteenth study from 58 Esercizi per flauto (a.k.a. First Exercises for Flute, or Die ersten Übungen für Flöte) by Italian Romantic flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi.
Today's tune was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, piper Roddy Campbell from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Once a year the 13-mile-long Barra M1 circular road becomes an athletics track to which competitors flock frae a' the airts, eager to spend a weekend sampling our beers and spirits and maybe having a wee run round the island while they're at it. On the Saturday evening a dance is held, at which that Barra favourite The Canadian Barndance is guaranteed to fill the dance-floor. This tune hopefully suits it well.