Category: Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentation: Flute in C, Harp, String Orchestra
Composer: Flint Juventino Beppe
Year composed: 2005
First performance:
February 15, 2008
Duration: 15:30
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Whilst this is instantly attractive, melodic music, if one looks under the surface one finds so much more. There are many attractive depths to this atmospheric music.
Op.66 is dedicated to Sir James Galway, and first performed in Washington D.C. (October 2006) at three consecutive concerts by Galway and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin (Op.66a, Alto Flute version).
Version for Flute in C, Op.66b, first performed in 2008 by flautist Judith Hall, harpist Willy Postma and the Pluri_Art Festival Orchestra, conducted by Viacheslav Valeev. UK premiere in 2009 by flautist Emily Beynon, harpist Catherine Beynon and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Available on the Grammy-nominated album FLUTE MYSTERY (2L). It also exists a Piano Reduction (Op.66c).