This study is taken from the fourth part of the Méthode pour la flûte by French Romantic flutist and composer Louis Drouet, published in Paris in 1828.
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The title of this old Irish song means “Strong Maggie”, and dates from the mid‑17th century. In his book A History of Irish Music (1906), Grattan Flood traces reports of the tune back to 1696, when it was sung by Irish actor Thomas Dogget in his comedy called A Country Wake; Dogget must have liked the tune, for he used it again in 1711 for another play, Hob, or the Country Wake.
The present version of the tune is taken from Bremner's The Delightful Pocket Companion for the German Flute, published in London in 1763.
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This is the highly-syncopated opening movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 5 in E minor for flute and continuo. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This allemande is the second and last duet in F major from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This short piece in E minor, originally written as a study for solo piano by German pianist and composer Friedrich Burgmüller, is taken from his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.
This song was composed by the London music hall and broadside songwriter Harry Clifton, and first published in 1864. Most of Clifton's songs adapted their tunes from old folk songs, and it is possible that a folk tune is also the origin of the tune for “Polly”. In particular, some see a resemblance to “Nightingales Sing”, also known as “The Bold Grenadier”.
The famous Tyneside Music Hall song “Cushie Butterfield” (sung even today at Newcastle United matches) is sung to the same tune as “Polly”, and is a parody of “Polly”.
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The Adagio in G minor we present today is the third movement of the twelfth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This piece has nothing to do with the famous Adagio in G minor that was once attributed to Albinoni, but then turned out to be a 20th-century composition.
This Larghetto is the third movement of the first flute trio from Danish composer Friedrich Kuhlau's Three Grand Trios, Op. 86, composed in 1826.
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This is the first study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte, Op. 88.
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The tune to “Nauru Bwiema” (“Nauru, our homeland”) was composed by Laurence Henry Hicks, an English-born military bandmaster and composer. The Republic of Nauru, the smallest island country in the South Pacific, adopted the anthem in 1968, the year of its independence.
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This is the tiny third movement of a Sonata in E minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
Today we propose an arrangement for two flutes of the Scherzo from Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream. This transcription is part of the 26 Selected Studies for the flute by French flutist and composer Joseph-Henri Altès.
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This study is taken from the fourth part of the Méthode pour la flûte by French Romantic flutist and composer Louis Drouet, published in Paris in 1828.
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This air was composed by the famous Irish harper Turlough Carolan (1670–1738). As noted by Donal O'Sullivan in his book “Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper” (1958), “the correspondence between words and tune is more than usually close, both forming one song in praise of Constantine Maguire”, a contemporary of Carolan.
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These two minuets constitute the fifth and final movement of a flute sonata in A major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This is the second Allemande of the sixth sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This Tarantelle, one of the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music, was originally written as a study for solo piano by German pianist and composer Friedrich Burgmüller. It was published as part of his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.
This traditional English country dance tune is taken from Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808, published in London by Goulding & Co.
This is the central movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 5 in E minor for flute and continuo. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This Rondo constitutes the fourth and final movement of the first flute trio from Danish composer Friedrich Kuhlau's Three Grand Trios, Op. 86, composed in 1826.
Many thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This study is taken from the fourth part of the Méthode pour la flûte by French Romantic flutist and composer Louis Drouet, published in Paris in 1828.
Thanks to Peter for contributing this piece!
This famous folk song was written in the 19th century by George “Geordie” Ridley, a Tyneside concert hall song writer and performer. It is regarded by many as the unofficial anthem of Tyneside and is frequently sung by supporters of Newcastle United Football Club and Newcastle Falcons rugby club. Blaydon is a small town in Gateshead, situated near Newcastle upon Tyne, in North East England.
“Blaydon Races” is also one of the the Regimental Songs of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the modern descendants of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
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The Allegro in B-flat major we present today is the fourth and last movement of the twelfth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This prelude opens the tenth section of the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This Barcarolle, originally written as a study for solo piano by German pianist and composer Friedrich Burgmüller, is taken from his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.
This slow, tender air in A major was composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer James Scott Skinner.
This is the fourth and final movement of a Sonata in E minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
Today's piece is duet No. 5 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies, Op. 93.
This set of 25 variations is an anonymous 18th-century arrangement for solo flute of “Les Folies d'Espagne”, originally published in 1701 by the famous French viol player Marin Marais. The piece is based on “La Folía”, one of the oldest remembered European musical themes.
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This Scottish jig, also known as “Orange and Blue”, can be traced back to Niel Gow's Complete Repository of 1817. Orange and blue were the colors of the Dutch House of Orange.
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This lovely piece, originally written as a solo for organ, is taken from the Journal d'orgue No. 7 by French Classical composer Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, first published in 1784.
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