Arne Mellnäs's Fragments for Family Flute uses two 'families' of flutes (piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute) and requires players to listen closely as they cannot see what the other is playing.
Performer Biography
Gunilla von Bahr, the flutist on this album, is one of the few flautists who can play all four types of flutes (piccolo to bass flute) equally well.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Ingvar Lidholm's Sonata for Solo Flute borrows formulas from the Greek Seikilos song, an ancient melody from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Erkki Salmenhaara's Prelude, Pop Tune and Fugue for solo flute replaces the traditional Adagio with a pop tune, reflecting his 'neo-tonal' style where writing melodies was once strictly forbidden.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Erland von Koch wrote Monologue No. 1 for flute to naturally demonstrate the instrument's resources without acoustic experiments or other 'tricks'.
Performer Biography
More than 25 composers have written over 45 works, including seven concertos, specifically for Gunilla von Bahr.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ingvar Lidholm, composer of the Sonata for Solo Flute, consciously avoided the flute's fluency and virtuosity, focusing instead on careful grading of intervals to 'sculpt' melodic material.
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