Inner Space for Solo Flute
- Interesting, worth a look
From the Publisher
I wrote this solo flute piece for Janne Thomsen for the Holstebro Festival in Denmark, where she gave its world premiere in November 2006. We had been talking about a possible solo work ever since I composed Last Breath for flute and harp which she premiered at in Germany a couple of years ago. I like the sound of a solo flute as an extension of the human voice and its ability to be both soft and breathy as well as shrill and piercing.
The opening idea comes from a discarded early piece but I always remembered the wide intervals of the first few bars. Essentially these leaps are the basis for the lyrical music that is at the introspective heart of the work. That inner quest is emphasised by two contrasting and more virtuosic passages - a lilting 6/8 dance and, later a fast and furious race around the instrument which sounds rather like an insect trapped in a jar. The opening music returns at the end but now, in the light of what has transpired, finds its way to a peaceful conclusion.
© Michael Berkeley 2006
Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press
Performance duration (approx): 8'30
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Flute
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher's reference: 9780193358911
Our Stock Code: 1518771
Media Type: Paperback (4 pages [score])
