Adam Walker & Katya Apekisheva
March 56th 2024 at 19:30 – 20:30 BST
This concert is part of Leeds International Chamber Season 2023/24: French Connections.
Adam Walker – flute
Katya Apekisheva – piano
Henri Dutilleux – Sonatine for flute and piano
Albert Roussel – Joueurs de flûte
Francis Poulenc – Sonata for flute and piano
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Charles-Marie Widor – Suite
André Jolivet – Chant de Linos
The brilliant pieces which open and close this programme, Sonatine by Henri Dutilleux and Chant de Linos by André Jolivet, were written as competition test pieces for the Paris Conservatoire. Charles-Marie Widor’s Suite was dedicated to flute virtuoso Paul Taffanel, one of the most influential flute professors in 19th-century Paris, and was renowned in its time for its technical demands.
The four movements of Albert Roussel’s Joueurs de flûte are each named after a flute player from literature and dedicated to major flautists of Roussel’s time. Lili Boulanger’s beautiful Nocturne reveals her prodigious talent. And finally, no recital of French flute music would be complete without Francis Poulenc’s well-loved sonata – an absolute joy to play and to hear.
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