The rather unusual title for a work for orchestra - in fact a Concerto - is explained by the fact that it was originally written by Francis Poulenc for flute and piano. With his usual skill and expertise, Sir Lennox Berkeley has 'converted' this short work into a concerto which is so convincing that the composer himself might, if he had heard it, have wondered why he did not think of it in the first place!
It is a most attractive work giving full scope to the range and versatility to the flute as a solo instrument as well as providing us with a slow movement of unalloyed charm.
