Notes to Opus Arte CD OACD9012D, Mawer, Deborah (2001). Rampal and Poulenc had given gave the work a private performance the previous day to an audience of one: the pianist, Clements, Dominy (2015). [15] The smooth scalic lines of the opening section are succeeded by contrasting vigorous dotted rhythmic material in the middle section with the flute going up to a top B, before the tranquil opening theme returns to bring the movement to a close. Poulenc wrote: "nothing could be further from human breath than the stroke of a bow". [18] The music gathers speed again and the sonata sprints to a double fortissimo finish, "strictement en mesure sans ralentir" ("strictly in time without any slowing down"). Throughout his life, Poulenc performed as a pianist, but he is best remembered today for his prolific compositional output. Wilfrid Mellers comments that the reappearance of the first theme in an unexpected key makes it clear that Poulenc is not following sonata form but is using "a subtle ternary structure". The work is infused with Poulenc’s trademark bittersweet grace, wit, irony and sentiment, which are manifested in different ways in each of its three movements. & W. Chester, Ltd. Works first published in the 20th century, Pages with commercial recordings (Naxos collection), Pages with commercial recordings (BnF collection), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License, Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flute part. 1. The flute sonata was written in the winter of 1956-57 on commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the U.S. Library of Congress. Sonata Poulenc, F. This Sonata For Flute and Piano is a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. ), Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License [19], The finale is sometimes compared to the exuberant finales of Poulenc's early chamber works, particularly the Trio (1926), but the Poulenc scholar Claude Caré finds more in common between this movement and the Concert champêtre (1927–28). A sonata for flute was composed in 1956, while one for oboe was completed a few weeks after the one for clarinet. In 1994 a new edition by Carl B. Schmidt and Patricia Harper was issued, correcting discrepancies and errors in the earlier published score. The clarinet sonata is one of three that Poulenc wrote for solo woodwind and piano, part of a planned set that he did not live to complete. • Switch back to classic skin, http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Flute_Sonata,_FP_164_(Poulenc,_Francis)&oldid=2696586. Written in 1956-57, this is an elegant, dreamy chamber work and he has demonstrated his obvious compositional skill, also highlighting the French affinity with the sweet sounds of the flute. Very fast and very tricky for the players, the skittish and vivacious … finale brings the work to a close in cheerful and sardonic style. Notes to Nimbus CD NI 5933, Battioni, Isabelle (2000). *#367458 - 5.70MB, 8 pp. 94 $ 16.99. It's a sonata of. Notes to Naxos CD 8.553611, MacDonald, Malcolm (2013). French composer Francis Poulenc was born in Paris in 1899. SONATA for Flute and Piano* Duration 12 mint. Among the earlier ones are those by Michel Debost with Jacques Fevrier and Rampal with Veyron-Lacroix. [11] MacDonald comments that the opening "makes clear the composer’s elegiac intentions", and other analysts write of the "poignancy" of the principal theme, despite the seemingly vivacious tempo. This Sonata For Flute and Piano is a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. [n 1] In August he agreed to go ahead. Sonata for Flute and Piano: Revised Edition, 1994 Paperback – Illustrated, January 1, 1992 by Carl Schmidt (Editor), Francis Poulenc (Composer) 4.7 out of 5 stars 53 ratings See all formats and editions How to create a webinar that resonates with remote audiences ... Another difficulty is that Francis, though there are things I love in his music, has passages that are strangely clumsy and that I long to rewrite, but of course I can't add or subtract anything and I should only spoil the whole thing … I have to think all the time of how he would have wanted it to sound. Sonata for flute and piano: I. Allegro malincolico. Poulenc’s Sonata of 1957 is dedicated to the memory of that champion of twentieth-century chamber music, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. [7], This movement (♩= 52) is much slower and quieter. Notes to Hyperion CD CDH55386, Siegel, Joseph (2000). [17] The fast music culminates in a long trill on high G, followed by a brief silence from which there comes, unexpectedly, a quotation from the dotted rhythm "mélancolique" theme of the first movement's middle section, in its original key of F sharp minor. The difficulty is the entirely pianistic nature of the accompaniment, extremely difficult to translate into orchestral terms. [1][5][12] A counter-theme in F major gives the flute upwardly-leaping arpeggios, before the opening theme returns in A minor. [26] The Musical Times commented in 1978 that "the orchestration does complete justice to the composer. 4 ... By Francis Poulenc Mathieu Lussier, Normand Forget & David Jalbert. 0 05 5/ 3 - 0 556057 - 1 - 3 2 - 3 8 9: -; 3 - 3 1 1. Flute Sonata, FP 164: I. Allegro malinconico. It has a claim to be the most played of any work for flute and piano. The shape is roughly that of a rondo with choruses and verses, but Poulenc treats the form freely. *#367457 - 0.39MB, 7 pp. [12] After a slightly faster middle section there is a recapitulation of a kind with, in Mellers's words, "enharmonic ambiguities that justify the 'malinconico' of the directive", and: The flute part is technically demanding in this movement, with frequent trills and demisemiquaver tonguing. [4] The sonata was commissioned in memory of a musical benefactor, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, to whom Poulenc dedicated the work.[1]. 1 1 1 -1 2 1 3! Later concert performances and recordings. 07 /00 6 0 / 1 23. [25] While working on it, Berkeley wrote in his diary: The musicologist Roger Covell wrote of Berkeley's orchestration, "It is hard to imagine the job being done better … this sonata-concerto has Poulenc's characteristic and attractive mixture of flippancy and tenderness". Written in 1956-57, this is an elegant, dreamy chamber work that demonstrates Poulenc’s highest compositional skill and highlights the French affinity for the sweet sounds of the flute. 6 4 - 51/54/71 - IgorCello, This piece has been arranged for Flute and Orchestra by Lennox Berkeley (in 1976, published by Chester, 1977). [8] The musicologist Malcolm MacDonald writes of the sonata: The movement starts in 24 (♩= 82) with an opening four-bar phrase with a descending theme, beginning with a broken triad of demisemiquavers around high E and declining to the G above middle C. The piano's right-hand part interweaves arpeggiated semiquavers over a pedal in the left hand. 1.. Allegro malinconico Francis Poulenc FLUTE PIANO J= 84 mettre beaucoup de pédale (lee double, croches très estompée ... .TNInIM JEI---B-i...^. Poulenc composed it for the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, and he and Rampal gave the première in June 1957 at the Strasbourg Music Festival. ^...^. This Sonata For Flute and Pianois a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. Poulenc, Francis – Sonata for Flute and Piano . [9] The score was published in France and Britain shortly after the premiere. 8 mars 2019 - Découvrez le tableau "Francis Poulenc" de David Bogaerts sur Pinterest. -  164 (for flute and piano) In Mellers's phrase, "The flute flickers, the piano bounces, in a helter skelter gallop". The Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164, by Francis Poulenc, is a three-movement work for flute and piano, written in 1957. Francis Poulenc wrote his Sonate pour flûte et piano in 1957 in response to a commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the U.S. Library of Congress. Flute Sonata, FP 164 (Poulenc, Francis) This work is likely not in the public domain in the US (due to first publication with the required notice after 1925, plus renewal or "restoration" under the GATT/TRIPS amendments), nor in the EU and those countries where the copyright term is life+70 years. In January 1959 he accompanied Gareth Morris in the British premiere, in an all-Poulenc programme that included the world premiere of his Élégie in memory of Dennis Brain for horn and piano. Prokofiev, Sergio – Flute Sonata Op. Nielsen, Carl – Fantasy Pieces. Poulenc told him, "Much more at home with wind instruments than strings, I admit I am tempted by this combination", as he had always preferred winds – with their similarities to the human voice – to stringed instruments. [7], Asked about the term "cantilena", Poulenc replied that it "is not a fixed form like passacaglia for example, it is a free form … I could have called it an interlude ("intermède") or a romance". A sonata for bassoon was never begun. - 51/54/71 - IgorCello, Flute Part [B] Each of the work's three movements is fluent and graceful in different ways. Notes to 4Tay CD 4019, "The best recordings of Poulenc's Flute Sonata", "La Musique de chambre de Francis Poulenc", poulenc.fr Association des amis de Francis Poulenc, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flute_Sonata_(Poulenc)&oldid=1001761521, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 05:40. The work is dedicated to the memory of Coolidge, one of the twentieth century\'s greatest champions of chamber music. By Francis Poulenc Michel Moraguès, Pascal Rog é. [24] There have been many subsequent recordings of the sonata. [21] Poulenc was pleased to accompany other flautists in the sonata. 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