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Borne François
Andersen, Joachim
Boehm, Theobald
Borne, François
Caplet, André
Chaminade, Cécile
Chopin, Frédéric
Danzi, Franz Ignaz
Demersseman, Jules-Auguste Edouard
Donizetti, Gaetano
Donjon, Johannes
Doppler, Albert Franz
Fauré, Gabriel
Frühling, Carl
Ganne, Louis
Godard, Benjamin
Grandval, Clémence
Hüe, Georges Adolphe
Kuhlau, Friedrich
Mercadante, Saverio
Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard
Mouquet, Jules
Périlhou, Albert
Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Strauss, Richard
Taffanel, Claude Paul
Tulou, Jean-Louis
Wagner, Siegfried
Widor, Charles Marie Jean Albert
Carmen Fantasy for Flute and orchestra
F. Borne: "Fantasie Brilliante" on Themes from George Bizet's opera "Carmen" for flute and piano was written in 1880, five years after the premiere of the opera. Fantasy was very popular form of composition at that time, showcasing capabilities of solo instrument.
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), 2010, Warner Classics
Carmen Fantasy
François Borne (1840-1920) was a French flutist and composer. He was a solo flutist of the Bordeaux Symphony and Professor at Toulouse Conservatory. Due to Boehm's inventions, many composers took advantage of now fully chromatic instrument to showcase new possibilities of the flute.
The Fantasie Brilliante was one of the fantasies composed at the second part of the 19th century and greatly contributed to the flute repertoire.