This gigue is the third and final movement of Sonata No. 10 in D major from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
This Allegro is the second movement of a Sonata for two flutes in A minor by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This “very lively, sparkling” étude is the nineteenth piece from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This jig in D major appears in Clinton's 200 Irish Melodies for the Flute, published in Dublin in 1840.
This is the opening movement of a sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord, sometimes referred to as HWV 367b, by George Frideric Handel. It was originally composed around 1712 as a recorder sonata in D minor, version that is now known as HWV 367a.
This Andante is the opening movement of the fifth duet from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century, and published as Opus 27.
This is étude No. 19 from Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66. Can you imagine insects dancing?
This country dance tune, also known as “Hit and Miss”, was first published by John Playford in the first edition of his English Dancing Master (1651); however, it appears to have been dropped after the revised third edition of 1665.
This courante is the second movement of a flute sonata in A major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This sarabande is the third movement of a Sonata for two flutes in A minor by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This is the twentieth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This Scottish strathspey appears in James Kerr's Merry Melodies collection, published around 1880. There are Luss Roads in Glasgow and in Balloch, Dunbartonshire, where the village of Luss lies.
This is the opening movement of a Concerto in D minor for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Continuo that Vivaldi probably composed in the 1720s.
Thanks to AJ for suggesting this piece!
This is the second movement of the fifth duet from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century, and published as Opus 27.
This is étude No. 16 from Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66. It's in ABA'C form, with a common-time main theme in C minor, a central 3/4-time interlude in A-flat major and a 2/4-time fast coda in C major.
This melody was composed by organist James Hook, and was first publicly performed in 1789. It was said to be a favorite of King George III and, at one time, was thought to have been written by his son, George IV. Associated with the English town of Richmond in North Yorkshire, it is now often mistakenly considered to be a traditional or folk song.
As well as becoming a Scottish country dance, the music has been used as a military march by the British army, and is the Regimental march of the Women’s Royal Army Corps and the Middlesex Yeomanry. “The Lass of Richmond Hill” is also used for a Morris Dance of the same name, in the Cotswold style, which involves leap-frogging.
The “Grave” in E minor we present today is the opening movement of the eighth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This courante is the fourth movement of a Sonata in A minor for two flutes by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
This waltz-like étude is the twenty-first piece from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This 1917 song, written by George M. Cohan during World War I, was popular with United States soldiers in both world wars. In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded Cohan the Congressional Gold Medal for this and other songs
Thanks to Steve for suggesting this tune!
This Larghetto is the opening movement of Sonata No. 11 in G minor from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
This is the third and last movement of the fifth duet from a collection of duets for flute or violin written by German classical composer Carl Stamitz in the second half of the 18th century, and published as Opus 27.
Today we propose étude No. 20 from Italian flutist and composer Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66.
This Irish jig in D Major appears in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland collection, published in 1903.
This is the second movement of a sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord, sometimes referred to as HWV 367b, by George Frideric Handel. It was originally composed around 1712 as a recorder sonata in D minor, version that is now known as HWV 367a.
This gigue is the fifth and final movement of a Sonata for two flutes in A minor by French Baroque composer Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
Today we propose the twenty-second étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This G-major hornpipe has been popular for many decades at Irish sessions. Dunphy was a piper and one of Captain Francis O'Neill's sources for his Irish music collection. O’Neill titled this nameless tune after him, even though the melody was also known to another of his sources, Father Fielding, who had heard his mother lilting it, indicating some circulation in County Kilkenny.
This rondeau is the third 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 third movement of a little Sonata in G minor for two flutes written by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.