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Serenade for flute and piano, Op. 35

Serenade for flute and piano, Op. 35

By Hanson Howard Harold

H. Hanson: Serenade for Flute and Piano (Op. 35) was written in 1945 as a wedding present (rather marriage proposal since he couldn't find the words to propose) to Hanson's wife Margaret ("To Peggy."). Originally, this marriage proposal was written as Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings. The Flute and Piano version was arranged by Hanson in 1948. It was premiered in 1946 by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer. The work is noted for its warm, sonorous harmonies and long, arching melodic lines. It utilizes "Hansonian" finger-prints: rich tertian harmonies and a focus on the flute’s lower and middle registers to create a "velvet" texture.
1945 was a year of profound personal and professional transition for Hanson. As the Director of the Eastman School of Music, he was orchestrating the return of veterans to the conservatory under the G.I. Bill. The Serenade reflects a shift from the "Symphonic" weight of his war-era works (like his Symphony No. 4) toward a more intimate, lyrical, and hopeful style.
By 1945, Hanson was the leading voice of the "Romantic" wing of American music. While contemporaries like Stravinsky were exploring hard-edged Neoclassicism, Hanson used this year to double down on his belief that music should be "beautiful and accessible." The Serenade is often cited in doctoral studies on American flute literature as the perfect example of his "Nordic-American" tonal palette, often reffering Hanson as the "American Sibelius". 

Carol Wincenc

The Muir String Quartet, Nicholas Tulliez (harp), Todd Seeber Todd Seeber (double bass), 1998, EcoClassics

Serenade

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Jennifer Stinton (flute), Malcolm Martineau (piano), 2015, Musical Concepts

Serenade

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Hanson Howard Harold

Howard Hanson (1896-1981) was an American composer, conductor and teacher. In 1921 Hansen was the first winner of the Prix de Rome in Music,  the newly established Rome Prize of American Academy in Rome. In 1924 Hanson was chosen to build and lead the Eastman School of Music. He held the post of director at the school for 40 years, creating one of the best music schools in US. In 1931 Hansen established Festival of American Music, annual weeklong concert festival that was available free to public.
Besides very active teaching and conducting career, Howard Hansen was a prolific composer. Hansen's Neo-Romantic style of composition was greatly shaped and influenced during his three years stay in Rome where he had time to profoundly study works of O. Respighi, R. Wagner, J. Sibelius and M. Mussorgsky. Among his most important works: five symphonies (from which Symphony No. 4 "Requiem" won Pulitzer Prize  in 1944), opera Merry Mount and various chamber music works.