Staff Pick
“Simply beautiful!”
This is a beautiful piece! Made up almost entirely of downward scale-like patterns there is a restful, even meditative quality to the writing. Sometimes simple is best!
Pan - Journal of the British Flute Society
This is a beautiful, melancholic aria for flute and organ, written for Łukasz Długosz in 2014. At just 2 minutes duration, this well-structured miniature allows both performers plenty of opportunity to explore different tone colours, including changes of manual on the organ and the use of the full range of the flute. There is an influence of JS Bach in the construction of this piece, and Bach's use of Arioso movements to provide a link between recitatives and arias. Although simple, there is a clear dialogue between the parts and plenty of dynamic contrast between the differet phrases. The mood is contemplative and reflective, and the music provides a short moment of calm.
Carla Rees
From the Publisher
Arioso is one of the fundamental elements of opera and represents an intermediate form between aria and recitative. Paweł Łukaszewski’s Arioso refers to the glorious tradition of the Baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach, who in his output introduced ariosos in the closing section of recitatives.
Lukaszewski’s work is characterised by a natural musical language and an expressively-charged melodic line. He deliberately gives a vocal treatment to the flute part, while the organ part prompts the performer to make changes of manual. The musical idea repeated in both parts encourages the duet to experiment with tone colour.
Performance duration (approx): 3'
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Flute
- Part 2: Organ
Publisher: PWM Edition
Publisher's reference: PWM12923
Our Stock Code: 1579871
Media Type: Paperback (8 pages [score])