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Inner Space for Solo Flute

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From the Publisher

This work and its companion, Last Breath for flute and harp, are small-scale works which would be useful repertoire pieces, bearing in mind the need to provide compatible items for groups playing the Debussy flute/harp/viola sonata.

Programme Notes:

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

Difficulty guide: 9
Difficulty level, roughly compared to ABRSM exam grades. 0 is total beginner, 9 is advanced (beyond grade 8).

Item Details

Instrumentation

  • Part 1: Flute
Category: Solo Flute Repertoire
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher's reference: 9780193358911
Our Stock Code: 1518771
Media Type: Paperback (4 pages [score])