Staff Pick
“Fabulous!”
This is a lovely piece! Fluid in construction, it encourages an improvisational freedom in performance which the cross-culture influences really enhance It's all conventionally notated with uncomplicated rhythms and conventional tonguing patterns so the skill is to bring out the character of the contrasting slow-fast-slow sections and create something magical. It's fabulous!
From the Publisher
Chardonnay is one of my earliest pieces — I wrote it when I was seventeen years old, and just beginning to grapple with composition seriously.
The piece is so indicative of where I was at that time in my life: it is inspired in equal parts by Debussy’s incredible solo flute piece Syrinx, and the designs on a glass of Chardonnay at dinner at a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.
I went home after that dinner and wrote this piece in a single night — partially because I was inspired, and mostly because I had to. Up until this time, composing had just been a fun creative outlet for me. But suddenly the ground was shifting under me, as major composition programs started calling me back for auditions I never fathomed I would be offered. Some auditions required more pieces than I had in my portfolio… and so I wrote Chardonnay, had a recording made, and got on a plane with 48 hours of seeing that glass of wine.
Years later, I think the piece still has the tentativeness, urgency, and wild abandon of a teenager trying to find her place in an ever-expanding world.
Performance duration (approx): 5'00
ABRSM Flute (from 2022)Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Flute
Publisher: Reena Esmail
Our Stock Code: 1495386
Media Type: Paperback (3 pages [score])
