Selected Duets for Flute Podcast

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 69 Number 2, Waltz, performed by David Summer. A waltz is a ballroom dance in triple meter (usually 3/4 time). Couples dance close together, with the man...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 68 Number 1e, Rigodon II from Sonata VI, Op.5, performed by David Summer. This second Rigodon presents a good opportunity for the teacher to talk about a...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 68 Number 1d, Rigodon I from Sonata VI, Op.5, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Rigodon" is a variant on the spelling of rigadoon. A ri...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 67 Number 1c, Adagio from Sonata VI, Op.5, performed by David Summer. This third movement from Sonata VI, Op.5, by Johann Quantz changes to the key of G ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 66 Number 1b, Allegro from Sonata VI, Op.5, performed by David Summer. This second movement from Sonata VI, Op.5, by Johann Quantz retains the key of e m...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 66 Number 1a, Adagio from Sonata VI, Op.5, performed by David Summer. Johann Joachim Quantz is a name that is well known by professional flutists as well...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 65 Number 20, Minuet from Duettino, Op.42,No.8, performed by David Summer. This Minuet, by James Hook, is from his collection of short flute duets entitl...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 64 Number 19, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. This piece is an Allegretto, which again is a moderately fast tempo between Allegro and Moderato. Li...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 62 Number 18, Fugato, performed by David Summer. A fugue is an imitative piece, similar to a cannon. A main difference between a fugue and a cannon is th...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 60 Number 17, Menuett, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Menuett", is yet another spelling variation on the word "Minuet". The two flut...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 59 Number 16, Menuet Italian, performed by David Summer. This is the third, and last, duet by composer and musette virtuoso, Nicolas Chédeville. It's fro...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 58 Number 15, From Sonata No.6, Op.8 (The Italian), performed by David Summer. This second of the 3 duets by Chedeville is from a series of sonatas entit...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 57 Number 14, German Gavotte, performed by David Summer. The composer of this duet, Nicolas Chédeville, was a French Baroque composer who was well known ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 56 Number 13, Gavotte, performed by David Summer. This Gavotte is by the Italian Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli. Corelli was also an accomplished vio...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 55 Number 11, Giga, performed by David Summer. This Giga is a fairly simple duet by George Frideric Handel. Handel composed a series of flute sonatas tha...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 54 Number 10, Allegretto con brio, performed by David Summer. Italian composer Francesco Geminiani, the composer of this duet, was also an accomplished v...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 53 Number 9, Gavotte, performed by David Summer. André Ernest Modeste Grétry was a Belgium baroque composer, who was most famous for his comic operas. Al...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 52 Number 8, Bourrée, performed by David Summer. A bourrée is a 17th century dance of French origin. It's a double time (cut time) dance that starts with...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 52 Number 7, Slow Air, performed by David Summer. Gottfried Finger, the composer of this duet, became a musician at the court of King James II of England...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 51 Number 6, Gigue, performed by David Summer. This Gigue is similar in style to the previous duets that were entitled "Giga". The teacher should point o...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 50 Number 4, Air, performed by David Summer. This "Air", by GF Handel is a good duet to use when studying the "eighth-quarter-eighth" rhythm pattern. Whe...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 49 Number 3, Duett, performed by David Summer. "Duett" is German for "Duet" reflecting the fact that the composer of this duet, Johann Adolph Hasse, was ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 48 Number 2, Allemande, performed by David Summer. An Allemande is usually part of a musical suite. A suite is a group of dances, particularly popular in...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 47 Number 1, Allegro, performed by David Summer. This pretty duet is by the baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann. Telemann was an extremely prolific c...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 42 Number 2, Tempo di Marcia, performed by David Summer. The tempo marking "Tempo di Marcia" translates to "March Tempo". This is a stately duet; full of...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 43 Number 1, Andante grazioso, performed by David Summer. The tempo marking "Andante grazioso" translates to "at a walking pace but gracefully". I interp...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 38 Number 4, movement 1 Allo Moderato, performed by David Summer. This is a pretty piece, in 3/4 time. Several times the word "dolce" is used as an expre...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 36 Number 3, performed by David Summer. This longer duet continues the duets of Kaspar Kummer. Besides being a composer, Kummer was an excellent flutist ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 35 Number 2, performed by David Summer. This is the second of the two Kummer duets from his Opus 20. The tempo marking is poco adagio, which translates t...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 34 Number 1, performed by David Summer. This section of the Selected Duets book contains four duets by Kummer. Kaspar Kummer (1795-1870) wrote many piece...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 33 Number 4, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Contrefeseur" translates into English as "the imitator" or "the mimic". As with the firs...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 33 Number 3, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Le Sauteur" translates into English as "the jumper". It's another lively duet in 6/8 tim...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 32 Number 2, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Le Chasseur" translates into English as "the hunter". There is a famous cookware company...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 32 Number 1, performed by David Summer. The title of this duet, "Le Tourbillon" translates into English as "the top" or "the whirlwind". This duet lives ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 31 Number 9, performed by David Summer. These 2 minuets have the same key relationship as the two duets on page 28, the first one is in the key of C and ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 30 Number 8, performed by David Summer. Like the previous duets entitled "Menuet" this is a spelling variation on the word "Minuet". These two minuets ar...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 29 Number 6, performed by David Summer. This duet, Rustic Dance is in 2/2, which is also known as "cut time" or "alla breve". Cut time usually implies a ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 28 Number 5, performed by David Summer. Like the previous duet entitled, "Menuet" this is a spelling variation on the word "Minuet". These 2 minuets ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 28 Number 4, performed by David Summer. This Sarabande is in the style of a Sarabande from the baroque period. That is, it is a slow piece in 3. The baro...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 27 Number 3, performed by David Summer. This gigue is in the same style as the previous two duets. The "question and answer" sections in the last part of...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 26 Number 2, performed by David Summer. This duet continues the group of duets by the composer Boismortier. Again, the flute one part states a short melo...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 26 Number 1, performed by David Summer. A musical prelude usually serves as an introduction to a longer piece or some other event. This duet, like ma...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 24 Number 3, performed by David Summer. This duet is entitled Tambourin, which is a piece of music that is written in imitation of a drum. The word comes f...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 22 Number 16, performed by David Summer. This minuet (a dance in 3/4 time) again features "question and answer" sections where the second flute part seem...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 21 Number 15, performed by David Summer. This duet is marked "Allegro con spirito", or fast with spirit. It features a sort of musical "cascade effect", ...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 19 Number 13, performed by David Summer. This duet is entitled "A Trumpet March". Sometimes, when I assign this duet to a student, I re-title it "A Flute...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 18 Number 11, performed by David Summer. This duet is entitled "Gavotte". A gavotte (sometimes spelled as "gavot" or "gavote") is a dance that was especi...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 17 Number 10, performed by David Summer. This duet is entitled "Giga". Like the similar duet, entitled "Jigg" from one of last month's episodes this is a...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 16 Number 9, performed by David Summer. This duet features an interesting "back and forth" or "question and answer" feeling. This, combined with the Alle...

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 13 Number 4, performed by David Summer. This duet is entitled "Menuet". It's a spelling variation on the word "Minuet". A minuet is a social dance of Fre...