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Reflèts de la mer : flute solo

by Peter Rankine (2004)

Reflèts de la mer

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Reflèts de la mer : flute solo / Peter Rankine.

Library shelf no. 788.32/RAN 2 [Not for loan]

Work Overview

Reflèts (reflections) are manifest in several ways: the piece is in three sections, slow-fast-slow, with material from the first section revisited in the third, thereby creating a rough symmetry about the centre; the principal melodies, especially in the slow movements, are turned more-or-less upside down, in the way of reflections in water (even rippley water such as the sea - la Mer); and at a very specific and personal level, the acronym of my daughter Marion's name is MER: when she first performed the work in 2005, it was indeed reflected back to me.
The use of French in the title accommodated these interpretations. Additionally, it is a small tribute to the fine flute music of French composers around a century ago. Debussy's Syrinx, for instance, and the way that composer wrote for the flute in his chamber and orchestral works, helped establish the instrument's unique voice as we have come to know and love it. (Indeed, the modern flute seems to have been born in France around the late nineteenth, early twentieth century. The confluence of winning instrument design, wonderful players and pedagogues, and inspired composers put the flute on the musical map as never before.)

Work Details

Year: 2004

Instrumentation: Flute.

Duration: 5 min.

Difficulty: Medium

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