Five Bagatelles
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Instrumentation
Flute
1
Piano
1
Additional Information
Five Bagatelles for flute and piano was written in 1982 and minor revisions were made in 2011. The total duration is 11.5 minutes.
The five movements represent music from different regions of the world, without specific reference to any one country or region, with the exception of the final movement which draws on Javanese Gamelan.
The first movement is the most Western; the second is based on 3 notes in the flute and three chords in the piano, suggesting drum rhythms, possible African; the third is an exotic piece for flute solo; the fourth suggests an Arabic style and the fifth, which is the most extended, draws on various aspects of the Gamelan.