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Sonata for Flute and Piano - Movement 2 - Opus 6

from Daniel Carr - Volume 2 - Flute and Piano by Daniel Carr (Composer)

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The Sonata for Flute and Piano is the longest and most complex work on this recording. The four-movement work was written over a span of several years. After François ‘powerful and thoughtful premier performance of the first two movements in 2007, I was inspired to extend the piece in an attempt to create a larger-scale work. I eventually completed the final two movements in 2014. My goal for this piece was to push myself as a composer and to push both flautist and pianist to their absolute limits – both musically and technically. The flute is capable of much more than just being “pretty” – and in this work it depicts violence, drama, joy, sorrow and heroism. Extended techniques are used throughout the sonata (aire, percussive tonguing, pitch bends, harmonics and flutter tonguing) but still within a tonal framework.
The first movement starts out peacefully, as if beginning a legend, with a folk-like and serene melody. The second and third themes are more percussive and rhythmical – the flute and piano engaging in a violent, interlaced dance in a section marked Allegro Swordfight. In the recapitulation, the first theme reappears in much more dramatic form. The second movement begins with a forceful march before a darker and more cabalistic middle section emerges. This movement builds up to a formidable climax in the final measures. The third movement begins simply and quietly, offering a respite from the energy of the first two movements, and quoting themes from both of them. It then leads attacca (without pause) into the final movement, which surges forward relentlessly before a lyrical section provides the flute an opportunity to soar above wave-like arpeggios in the piano. The piece ends on an ethereal note, with flute and piano hovering near silence in their upper ranges.

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from Daniel Carr - Volume 2 - Flute and Piano, released July 23, 2015
François Minaux (Flute) and Mayumi Tayake (Piano)

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Daniel Carr Seattle, Washington

Daniel Carr is a composer of 21st Century Classical Music.

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