Four Pieces for flute solo

Victoria Borisova-Ollas: Four Pieces for flute solo was written in 2007. The pieces were written for and in collaboration with the world-renowned flutist Emmanuel Pahud. Pahud provided feedback on the early drafts of the score during the composition process. The pieces were first published in 2007 as part of a collaborative volume by Universal Edition titled Flute Project: New Pieces for Flute Solo, which featured five composers collaborating with five prominent flutists.
The titles of these four short pieces are intended to trigger the imagination of both the player and the audience:
1. Birdy: Energetic, featuring chirping sounds and contrasting silences.
2. Elegy: A lyrical, melodic movement and the most frequently performed of the set.
3. Happy Hour: A spikey, virtuosic miniature filled with chromatic alterations and semiquavers.
4. Walk on Moonlight: Atmospheric, using fragmented sounds that resolve into a lyrical phrase.
In 2007, Borisova-Ollas was firmly established as a leading voice in contemporary Swedish music, having recently received an Award of the Swedish Music Publishers Association for her work The Ground Beneath Her Feet. This period marked a peak in her chamber music productivity, following the 2005 premiere of her Symphony No. 1 and preceding her major 2008 commission, Angelus, for the city of Munich.