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Aitken, Robert

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Sonatine for flute and piano

Sonatine for flute and piano

By Dutilleux Henri

Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine for flute and piano was written in 1943 during the German occupation of Paris.
The piece was written specifically for the Paris Conservatoire as one of the examination pieces (morceau de concours). It was premiered at the Conservatoire’s 1943 flute examinations by the students of the flute class, which was led by the legendary Marcel Moyse.
Though performed as one continuous movement, it follows a three-part structural logic: Allegretto, Andante, and Animé. Unlike traditional concertos, where the cadenza appears at the end, Dutilleux places the flute cadenza between the slow section and the finale, serving as a transitional pivot.
In 1943, Dutilleux was serving as the Director of Singing at the Paris Opéra. He was under significant pressure to provide functional, academic works for the Conservatoire to maintain his professional standing during the war.
Dutilleux later became a harsh critic of his own early works. In several interviews, he dismissed the Sonatine as being too derivative of Ravel and Debussy. He eventually omitted it from his official catalogue, labeling it a "pedagogical exercise." Despite his disapproval, the piece became a global success.

Karl-Heinz Schütz

Eliko Akahori (piano), 2015, recital in New York

Sonatine

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Davide Formisano

Phillip Moll (piano), 2015, Universal

Sonatine

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Matvey Demin

Gleb Koroleff (piano), 2021, Ars Produktion / Naxos

Sonatine

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Dutilleux Henri

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) was a French composer who followed tradition of M. Ravel, C. Debussy and O. Messiaen. Dutilleux was notoriously critical about his works, and Sonatine was not an exception. He even stated that "...it doesn't yet sound really like my music".  
Nevertheless he had received various major prizes throughout his career: the Grand Prix de Rome (1938), International Music Council's International Rostrum of Composers (1955), the Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur (2004) to name a few.
Born in Angers, he initially studied harmony and counterpoint at the Douai Conservatory. Later he moved to Paris where he studied with Henri Büsser. From 1945 till 1963 he led Music Production for Radio France and taught composition at École Normale de Musique de Paris until 1970 when he joined the faculty of Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. For three years he was a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood.
His music was greatly influenced by art (Vincent van Gogh) and literature (Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust). Many artists had commissioned works from him: Charles Munch, George Szell, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Simon Rattle, Renée Fleming, and Seiji Ozawa.