0 05 5/ 3 - 0 556057 - 1 - 3 2 - 3 8 9: -; 3 - 3 1 1. [22] Later in that year Poulenc played the piano part with Maxence Larrieu in Avignon, Rampal in Paris and Christian Lardé in Menton. Francis poulenc.pdf -!,.! Notes to Opus Arte CD OACD9012D, Mawer, Deborah (2001). In 1976, thirteen years after Poulenc's death, the composer Lennox Berkeley made a well-regarded orchestrated version of the work that has also been recorded. It's a sonata of. 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. The first movement, Allegro malincolico, sounds sweetly sad rather than melancholy. 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". Complete Score (CA) However, it is public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and in other countries (China, Hong Kong, New Zealand) where the copyright term is life+50 years. Contributor: Pierlot, Pierre - Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux - Février, Jacques - Poulenc, Francis - Boutard, André - Baudo, Serge Audio Recording Sonata for clarinet and piano ; Sonata for oboe and piano / Catalog Record Only David Weber, clarinet ; Harry Shulman, oboe ; Harriet Wingreen, piano. 6 Notes to Nimbus CD NI 5933, Battioni, Isabelle (2000). Poulenc composed it for the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, and he and Rampal gave the première in June 1957 at the Strasbourg Music Festival. Another critic stated that the sonata was "the best of Poulenc, and even a little better".[8]. Twentieth Century Music for Flute: Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Flute and Piano, Bela Bartok, Hungarian Peasant Suite, Claude Debussy, Syrinx, for solo flute and Serge Prokofiev, Sonata for Flute and Piano by Francis Poulenc, Bela Bartok, et al. This Sonata For Flute and Pianois a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. [7], This movement (♩= 52) is much slower and quieter. [1], Poulenc considered giving the American premiere together with Rampal during a planned US tour, but the tour did not take place and Rampal gave the American premiere in February 1958 with his regular accompanist Robert Veyron-Lacroix. (-) - V/54/34 - IgorCello, PDF scanned by Unknown 1.. Allegro malinconico Francis Poulenc FLUTE PIANO J= 84 mettre beaucoup de pédale (lee double, croches très estompée ... .TNInIM JEI---B-i...^. [16], This movement (♩=160–168) is predominantly extrovert and fast; the beat is a strongly marked 24. [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. The first … makes clear the composer’s elegiac intentions; the second is a haunting cantilena for the flute. ), Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License By Francis Poulenc David Jalbert & Daniele Bourget. [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. 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. There is nothing extraordinary about this edition of the Poulenc Sonata but the printing is extremely clear. 164 (for flute and piano) He thought little of his own sonatas for cello and for violin. [10] This is followed by an upward scale by both flute and piano leading to a contrasting theme, also descending. in 2015, the pianist and scholar David Owen Norris called the sonata "probably the world's most played piece for flute and piano". 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. This is an updated edition of Francis Poulenc’s 1957 work, edited by Carl Schmidt. The French affection for the flute is brilliantly demonstrated in Francis Poulenc's virtuosic Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956). • Switch back to classic skin, http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Flute_Sonata,_FP_164_(Poulenc,_Francis)&oldid=2696586. 0.0/10 Each of the work's three movements is fluent and graceful in different ways. 1. 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. Sonata for flute and piano: I. Allegro malincolico. A sonata for bassoon was never begun. The Flute Sonata is as typical of Poulenc as anything he ever wrote, combining as it does elegant charm and brashness, and embodying a disarming combination of innocence and sophistication and a naturalness that seems to stem directly from the boulevard cafés. 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. Sonata for Flute and Piano & Villanelle for Piccolo or Pipe and Piano. 4 ... By Francis Poulenc Mathieu Lussier, Normand Forget & David Jalbert. The shape is roughly that of a rondo with choruses and verses, but Poulenc treats the form freely. 2 In Mellers's phrase, "The flute flickers, the piano bounces, in a helter skelter gallop". Poulenc’s Sonata of 1957 is dedicated to the memory of that champion of twentieth-century chamber music, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. [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"). Very fast and very tricky for the players, the skittish and vivacious … finale brings the work to a close in cheerful and sardonic style. 4:40 PREVIEW Sonata for flute and piano: II. [24] There have been many subsequent recordings of the sonata. A coda to the coda is explicitly based on. IgorCello (2015/3/1), Flute Part [B] Voir plus d'idées sur le thème francis poulenc, compositeurs, musique classique. French composer Francis Poulenc was born in Paris in 1899. Flute Sonata, FP 164 4 Francis Poulenc Flute Sonata 1957 Play Unlimited Access to the Best Classical Music Streaming Experience Streaming built specifically for classical music, biggest catalogue with lossless audio quality, extensive collection of playlists, composers 101, compare recordings side by side, podcasts and much more. [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. Later concert performances and recordings. 8 mars 2019 - Découvrez le tableau "Francis Poulenc" de David Bogaerts sur Pinterest. [20] The composer is reported to have said that the movement should be played as quickly as possible because "it isn't any good" (he probably would have liked more time to work on it)[1] but others have found it "masterly"[18] and "a perfect conclusion". Sonata Poulenc, F. This Sonata For Flute and Piano is a virtuosic flute solo by renowned influential French composer Francis Poulenc. [1][5][12] A counter-theme in F major gives the flute upwardly-leaping arpeggios, before the opening theme returns in A minor. [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". The difficulty is the entirely pianistic nature of the accompaniment, extremely difficult to translate into orchestral terms. The flute sonata became one of Poulenc's best-known works and is a prominent feature in 20th-century flute repertoire. Jan. 20, 2021. 8 Fragments of the first section's airborne melody intermingle with ecstatic spurtings of the middle theme. [26] The Musical Times commented in 1978 that "the orchestration does complete justice to the composer. Notes to Naxos CD 8.553611, MacDonald, Malcolm (2013). - 51/54/71 - IgorCello, This piece has been arranged for Flute and Orchestra by Lennox Berkeley (in 1976, published by Chester, 1977). Blog. The sonata is in three movements, taking a total of 12 minutes in performance. [1] In April 1956, when he was still working on the opera, he was approached by Harold Spivacke of the American Library of Congress with a request to write a piece for two pianos or alternatively a chamber piece for up to six instruments. The Sonata’s own cause was promoted by the Chesterian. Over 1 million people now use Prezi Video to share content with their audiences; Jan. 15, 2021. 94 $ 16.99. 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. Later recordings include those by Julius Baker with Lisa Logan and Mathieu Dufour with Éric Le Sage. 10 Poulenc, Francis – Sonata for Flute and Piano . Throughout his life, Poulenc performed as a pianist, but he is best remembered today for his prolific compositional output. [4] The sonata was commissioned in memory of a musical benefactor, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, to whom Poulenc dedicated the work.[1]. ^...^. [It] adds a worthwhile new dimension to the music: the long-drawn sad melodic lines played by the flute, especially in the first two movements, are complemented in a way not possible on the piano". Among the earlier ones are those by Michel Debost with Jacques Fevrier and Rampal with Veyron-Lacroix. 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 It was first performed at the Scarborough Festival in June 1957, by flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and Poulenc, and they played it frequently until Poulenc’s death six years later. SONATA for Flute and Piano* Duration 12 mint. The task of orchestrating Poulenc's Flute Sonata ... proves as difficult as I had feared. 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. Chamber Music Work: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Flute Sonata, Op. Flute Sonata, FP 164: I. Allegro malinconico. • Page visited 129,833 times • Powered by MediaWiki Francis Poulenc ( 1899-1963 ) is a composer and a French pianist, an author of about two hundred melodies or songs, accompanied for the greater part in the piano or by an orchestra. 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. [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). *#367457 - 0.39MB, 7 pp. ... 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. [n 1] In August he agreed to go ahead. In 1994 a new edition by Carl B. Schmidt and Patricia Harper was issued, correcting discrepancies and errors in the earlier published score. [27], The orchestral arrangement has been recorded by Galway with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit, and later by Emily Beynon with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey, Jennifer Stinton with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Steuart Bedford, and Bezaly with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag and Neeme Järvi. -  ... First performance on 18 June of the Sonata for Flute and Piano, at the Strasbourg Festival, by Jean-Pierre Rampal accompanied by Poulenc himself. Among recordings singled out in a BBC Radio 3 survey in 2015 are those by William Bennett with Clifford Benson; Sharon Bezaly with Ronald Brautigam; Patrick Gallois with Pascal Rogé; Emmanuel Pahud with Le Sage; Ileana Ruhemann with Kathron Sturrock; and Adam Walker with James Baillieu.[23]. Both the Flute Sonata and the Clarinet Sonata, the latter dedicated to the memory of Arthur Honegger, follow the early chamber works in their 3-movement, fast-slow-fast patterns, with a moderate first movement of almost religious serenity, a gentle middle one in a contrasting key, and a sprightly finale. 07 /00 6 0 / 1 23. As a composer, he was largely self-taught, but was encouraged from a young age to play the piano by his mother and later studied with Catalan pianist Ricardo Viñes. The Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164, by Francis Poulenc, for flute and piano, was written in 1957.It is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, an American patron of chamber music. [5] When he had completed the first two of the three movements, he wrote to his friend Pierre Bernac: On 18 June 1957, the public premiere was given at the Strasbourg Music Festival by the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, for whom it had been written, with the composer at the piano. (Perhaps others also, though the Berkeley may perhaps by authorized by the composer's estate? 1 1 1 -1 2 1 3! The sonata was commissioned by the American Library of Congress and is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, an American patron of chamber music. How to create a webinar that resonates with remote audiences *#367456 - 1.14MB, 23 pp. By Francis Poulenc Michel Moraguès, Pascal Rog é. Nielsen, Carl – Fantasy Pieces. Scores published by J. ^ • n"- ^^^ - _W. It has a claim to be the most played of any work for flute and piano. Prokofiev, Sergio – Flute Sonata Op. & 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. A sonata for flute was composed in 1956, while one for oboe was completed a few weeks after the one for clarinet. [21] Poulenc was pleased to accompany other flautists in the sonata. [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. 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. 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