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To Music
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for solo flute
(2003)
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Society
of Composers Anthology (2010), 5 minutes |
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Capstone
Records  mp3
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To Music (2003)
is a short, atmospheric solo for flute in four contrasting
sections. At
times the music is virtuosic, occasionally calling for multiphonics
and other special
effects.
The titles of the four sections are taken
from the haunting poetry of the Russian writer, Anna Akhmatova,
a poet deeply interested in
music. The titles are: "my voice like a flute;" "time
passes quietly, oh God so quietly, that it is audible;" "music's
shadow flashed on the wall;" and "as if all the flowers broke
into words." The piece was commissioned by flutist Lisa
Vanarsdel and written for her and for the Laurels Flute Project.
In
February of 2005, To Music was premiered by flutist Peter Bloom
on the Quincy Library concert series in Quincy, Massachusetts;
Peter Bloom has also performed the piece on tour in the U.S. In
2009 Capstone Records issued a recording, the second volume of
the
Laurels
Flute Project, with flutist Nancy Stagnitta performing. Nancy Stagnitta
has also performed
the piece
at Interlochen,
at the National Flute Convention in New York, and on the Amalfi
Coast Festival in Italy. Publication in the Society of Composers
Anthology is scheduled for 2010.
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Anna Akhmatova
 Anna Akhmatova
by Natan Altman
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