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Suite de Ballet for flute and piano
Suite de Ballet for flute and piano
V. Williams: Suite de Ballet for flute and string orchestra presumably was composed in 1913 (some sources claim that it was written around 1924) for Louis Fleury and displays composer’s earliest experiments of bitonality. The manuscript of this composition was discovered only after the death of Vaughan Williams. The version for flute and piano of the Suite is even more popular now, requiring less resources to perform.
Tim Carey (piano), 2016, live at LSO Discovery lunchtime concert, London
1. Improvisation: Andante, 2. Humoresque: Presto, 3. Gavotte: Quasi lento, 4. Gavotte: Passepied: Allegro vivacissimo
Williams Ralph Vaughan
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was an English composer who is regarded as one of the most important British composers of the 20th century, the founder of the nationalist movement in English music. He initially studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and Royal College of Music and later went to Berlin (1897) and Paris (1909) to study composition with Max Bruch and Maurice Ravel.
Since 1903 he started to collect English folk songs and was musical editor of The English Hymnal for three years. He became professor of composition at the Royal College of Music after artillery service during the World War I. In 1932 Williams was elected to lead the English Folk Dance and Song Society. In 1938 he met Ursula Wood, young poet who became his muse for rest of his life. Williams has composed 9 symphonies (the last one was premiered only few months before his death at the age of 85), symphonic poems, stage works, instrumental compositions and film music.