J.S. Bach, Boulez, Aho & Prokofiev: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

Featuring

Brandon Patrick George
Steven Beck
Jacob Greenberg
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pierre Boulez
Kalevi Aho

Sergei Prokofiev

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Composition History

Sergei Prokofiev composed his Sonata op. 94 in D major for flute and piano in 1943 while evacuated in Perm, northeast of Moscow, during World War II.

Compositional Technique

Pierre Boulez's Sonatina for Flute and Piano, written when he was 20, demonstrates a confident handling of the dodecaphony of the Vienna School.

Compositional Technique

Kalevi Aho's Solo III for solo flute features a slow first movement based entirely on a quarter-tone scale.

Composer Biography

Pierre Boulez, a composer, conductor, music theorist, and teacher, was a pioneer in New Music, originally intending to study mathematics and technical sciences.

Album & Artwork

Flautist Brandon Patrick George describes his debut album as a dialogue between the past and the future, spanning nearly 300 years of musical history.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite the horrors of World War II, Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata op. 94 is considered one of his most gentle, cheerful, and life-affirming works.

Performer Biography

Brandon Patrick George, the flutist on this album, is a member of the Grammy®-nominated Imani Winds and has performed with leading ensembles like the Los Angeles Philharmonic.