Dancing Night Wind

Published by Echelon Music:

 *     Dancing Night Wind
  A flute solo, but the best recording I have of it is by Charlie Brighton who heard the piece and thought he could do a grand job with it as a solo tuba piece.  I think he did an outstanding job.  (He reviewed the piece; see below.)

This is an intermediate level solo piece that allows the instrumentalist to showcase their strengths and  interpret the piece with appropriate rubato and dynamics.  It is about 5½ minutes long.

(Lest some try to give me grief about the continuous glissando  between the low D and the low E, it can be done if you have an open key flute.  Likewise the whistle tones.  I have done it.  Yet if the performer chooses not to do those techniques, the piece still stands solidly on its own.)





    Listen here.

This piece was premiered in Sacramento in 2011, by Maquette Kuper, who is the director of the Davis Youth Flute Choir.

Reviews

 A flute's magic flight

With due apologies to Herr Mozart for the headline, this is ravishing music for a solo flute. Full of dance-like figurations, subtle changes in rhythm, lyrical episodes and dream-like reveries. The technical demands are self-evident along with the challenge of combining and balancing pace and poise in such a carefully written piece. Highly satisfying. 

~ Cedric Peachey

 Brilliant

A wonderful piece, full of atmosphere, great fun to play and listen to.  I featured it in my Euphonium recital and the live recording can be heard here, played in concert C, with a few octave changes.

Best wishes,

~ Charley Brighton, BBC Winds, London