British Flute Concertos

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Beynon's highly expressive playing is showcased in this (mainly) British anthology — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Mar 2012
Catalogue No: CHAN10718
Label: Chandos
Length: 77 minutes

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Dove: The Magic Flute Dances

Work length19:26

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Bramwell Tovey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Emily Beynon

I. Light - Tentative, getting faster and bolder

Track length5:06

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II. Cadenza - Expansive, rapturous

Track length3:32

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III. Angry - Desolate - Gently moving

Track length2:32

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IV. Slow - A little held back - Moving forward

Track length4:53

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IV. Lively - Entranced

Track length3:23

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Alwyn: Concerto for Flute and Wind Instruments

Work length19:54

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Bramwell Tovey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Emily Beynon

I. Allegro ritmico (Arr. for Flute and Orchestra)

Track length4:54

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II. Allegretto scherzando (Arr. for Flute and Orchestra)

Track length3:05

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III. Andante sostenuto e semplice (Arr. for Flute and Orchestra)

Track length5:50

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IV. Allegro vivace (Arr. for Flute and Orchestra)

Track length6:05

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Poulenc: Flute Sonata, S. 164

Work length13:12

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Bramwell Tovey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Emily Beynon

I. Allegro malincolico

Track length5:02

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II. Cantilena. Assez lent

Track length4:11

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III. Presto giocoso

Track length3:59

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Berkeley, L: Flute Concerto, Op. 36

Work length24:49

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Bramwell Tovey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Emily Beynon

I. Allegro moderato

Track length7:30

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II. Presto

Track length2:56

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III. Adagio

Track length5:34

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length8:49

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The Welsh flautist Emily Beynon plays a selection of British flute concertos, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey. Beynon is the Principal Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Equally at home in front of the orchestra as in its midst, she has also performed as soloist with, amongst others, several BBC Orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony, and the Vienna, Prague, Netherlands and English Chamber orchestras.

Sir Lennox Berkeley was one of the leading British composers of the mid-twentieth century, a Francophile who brought to his music clarity, economy, and elegance. His Flute Concerto, composed in 1952 and dedicated to John Francis, displays these qualities in abundance, as well as the lyricism which had become more prominent in his post-war works. It is scored for an orchestra of two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, timpani, and strings.

In 1976, Berkeley took on the difficult task of orchestrating the piano part of Poulenc’s Sonata for Flute and Piano. We know from a diary entry that Berkeley was expecting the task to prove difficult, and perhaps he made the task even more taxing by choosing not to include a harmonic instrument in his orchestral completion. In the end, though, his instruments of choice were used with great ingenuity. For example, in the opening, the piano part is transferred to interlocking clarinets and bassoons, and in the middle section, the greater weight of the piano is replaced first by strings, and then by the full orchestra.

Alwyn was seventy-five years old, and contemplating giving up composition, when he was approached by the English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble to write a piece for it. The work, a Concerto for Flute and Winds, was completed in 1980. In 2006, at the request of the William Alwyn Foundation, John McCabe arranged it for flute and full orchestra, the version included on this disc.

The Magic Flute Dances by Jonathan Dove is based loosely around the opera by Mozart, and was written in response to a commission from The Young Concert Artists Trust and Emily Beynon. The storyline is here explained by Dove: ‘What happens to the magic flute at the end of Mozart’s opera? Does Tamino give it back to the three ladies? Does it lie in a box, forgotten, at the back of a cupboard? Does it, perhaps, come out and dance, singing to itself about Tamino’s adventures? When Emily Beynon asked me for a concerto that had some connection with Mozart, I thought this could be an opportunity to let the flute out of its box.’

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October 2012

Beynon's highly expressive playing is showcased in this (mainly) British anthology

May 2012

It's all deliciously played and recorded...In the beginning were Francis, Rampal, Galway - and now, there is Emily Beynon. She can stand happily in their company.

July 2012

[the Dove is] a delightful work - knowing, naughty, and brilliantly played by Beynon

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