The Brevard Music Center continues its "Festival within a Festival" program this season, featuring the life and work of Aaron Copland.
Read more- Title
- Duo
- For
- flute and piano
- Year Composed
- 1971
- ARCO Number(s)
- 94
- Category
- Chamber
- Duration
- 14'
- Movements
- I. Flowing
- II. Poetic, somewhat mournful
- III. Lively, with bounce
- Premiere
- World: Philadelphia, October 3rd, 1971 (Elaine Shaffer, Hephzibah Menuhin)
- Commission Info
- John Solum and fellow students and friends of William Kincaid, in memory of the flutist
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Versions
- Duo for Violin and Piano (1978) (Arrangement)
Buying Options
Boosey & HawkesProgram Note
Duo was commissioned by seventy pupils and friends of the celebrated flutist William Kincaid after his death in 1967. Copland described it as lyrical and in a pastoral style. "Lyricism seems to be built into the flute," he wrote. Duo is in three movements. "The whole is a work of comparatively simple harmonic and melodic outline, direct in expression. Being aware that many of the flutists who were responsible for commissioning the piece would want to play it, I tried to make it grateful for the performer...it requires a good player." The piece has become a standard in the repertoire of flutists worldwide and is also available in a version for violin and piano.
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998