Login

Enter your username and password

Forgotten your username or password?

Your Shopping Cart

There are no items in your shopping cart.

  • Home
  • Score: Last Flight of Saint-Ex
Last Flight of Saint-Ex

Sheet Music: Score

The Last Flight of Saint-Ex : for oboe and string quartet / Katia Beaugeais.

by Katia Beaugeais (2025)

  • Purchase Price: $47.27 (Usually ships in 3-8 business days) — Add to Cart
    This sheet music is also available to purchase as a PDF download
  • Library Availability: 784.715/BEA 1 — Available for loan
  • Instrumentation: Oboe 2 violin, viola, cello

  • Digital Library -- View full score online

    — Members:
    — Not a member? Become a member online and access the Digital Library immediately

  • Audio Sample

    From the CD Selected works by AMC represented artists


    (this sample is of the saxophone quartet version of this work)

$47.27

Add to Cart

Usually ships in 3-8 business days

Shipping Info

Product details

Last Flight of Saint-Ex (2010) is inspired by the famous French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), also known as Saint-Ex - author of the international bestseller Le Petit Prince - whose plane was likely shot down by a young German pilot in 1944 in the South of France.
Originally composed in 2008 for oboe and string quartet for a premiere performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship players, recomposed versions are now available in a variety of instrumental combinations, showcasing the technical virtuosity of all players.
A fast, pulsating, rhythmic style governs this work. A feeling of urgency is created by syncopated rhythms, irregular metres and erratic dynamic changes. In the slow middle section, a feeling of sadness is conveyed by a slow haunting solo. Fast motivic figures alongside thick rippling trill and chordal textural sound mass effects build to a loud and dramatic climax.

Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (23p. -- B4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Advanced — Showcases technical skill of all players: Fast pulsating rhythms and metre changes.

Duration: 7 mins

First performance by Sydney Symphony Fellows — 16 May 08. Old Darlington School, University of Sydney

Includes program note.

The composer notes the following submitted styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
Classical style, Neo-Classicism, Impressionism, contemporary music - contemporary playing techniques. Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Bartok, Ravel.

This new version for 2025 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows, Australian Music Concert: 18 September 2025, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Studios.

Typeset edition.

ISMN: 979-0-67316-831-2

Related products

This work is also available in the following products:

Last Flight of Saint-Ex
Parts [ePDF]: The Last Flight of Saint-Ex : for oboe and string quartet [eParts] / Katia Beaugeais.

Last Flight of Saint-Ex
Parts: The Last Flight of Saint-Ex : for oboe and string quartet / Katia Beaugeais.

Last Flight of Saint-Ex
Score [ePDF]: The Last Flight of Saint-Ex : for oboe and string quartet [eScore] / Katia Beaugeais.

This work also exists as the following versions:
- Unknown instrumentation
- Unknown instrumentation
- Saxophone Ensemble
- Saxophone Quartets
- Trios: Clarinet, piano, cello

 

- Browse other works for Quintets: Oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello

- Browse other works by Katia Beaugeais

User reviews

Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this item.

To post a comment please login