Standard Flute Duets? (Classical)

FltnPicc_David · Post by **FltnPicc_David** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:24 pm

My friend Nevena and I are the best flute players in our school and we want to do a flute duet for our Spring Concert. We both want something classical and intermediate or advanced level (whatever haha) but we have NO idea. Any suggestions?

* Please dont suggest a duet that requires a piano accompaniment.

Thanks!

FLflutist · Post by **FLflutist** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:40 am

You could find some in the rubank books.

Or go to Fluteworld.com and look at some of the music there. You'll want to stick to grade 2 - 3+

...trust me.

flutepicc06 · Post by **flutepicc06** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:36 pm

FLflutist wrote:You could find some in the rubank books.

Or go to Fluteworld.com and look at some of the music there. You'll want to stick to grade 2 - 3+

...trust me.

I would say that 3 is about intermediate level for most of Fluteworld's music, so you're looking for an intermediate or advanced duet, 3 or 4 would probably be more reasonable. 5 is where they start using weird notation or extended effects, and these probably aren't going to be too interesting to you since you're looking for something Classical.

MeLizzard · Post by **MeLizzard** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:35 pm

You could try some Kuhlau or Mozart duets (opus numbers escape me), or some of Gary Schocker's. He's written some with and without piano. Two of my students also just played a pretty, unusual duet by Hovhaness. First movement very pastoral and simple, second quite rhythmic.

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:47 pm

Jeanne Baxtresser arranged a flute duet based off of the Flower duet from the Lakme Opera. Even though it has a piano part with it, it is a work that can stand alone with two flutes quite beautifully. When I played it with my other teacher, we didnt have a pianist, and it was absolutely gorgeous. She said that she had heard it performed with the piano as well, and she said it completes the duet, but that the duet without the piano playing is still almost as wonderful.

So, I would give that duet a look at. It is about $11 at fluteworld. It is a classical era/ romantic era style hybrid.

MeLizzard · Post by **MeLizzard** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:17 pm

Two of my students played this (Flower Duet) for Solo & Ensemble this year. It's beautiful, but really benefits from the piano part; just fuller and richer. It is in B major, if that's an issue.

apicultrice · Post by **apicultrice** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:55 pm

Hi! I would disagree with the recommendation on the grading system at Flute World. Grade 4s tend to be for very advanced players (Chant du Linos is a 4, or the Jolivet Concerto, or any other number of significant works).. That being said, Kuhlau Duos are quite beautiful, as are the Telemann Canonic Sonatas. Rubank publishes two books of duets that are fun and fairly easy. Quantz also wrote a set of flute duets, but I haven't tried them.

If you're looking for a more "modern" classical sound, you might try the Katherine Hoover duo "Sound Bytes," the set of Muczynski Duos, Marlaena Kessick's "Exotic Perfumes". If going through Flute World, I would suggest looking for duos in the 2+ to 3+ grade range, especially if you're an advanced high school student.

MonikaFL · Post by **MonikaFL** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:58 pm

MeLizzard wrote:You could try some Kuhlau or Mozart duets (opus numbers escape me), or some of Gary Schocker's. He's written some with and without piano. Two of my students also just played a pretty, unusual duet by Hovhaness. First movement very pastoral and simple, second quite rhythmic.

David, I don't know if you meant classical as in classical TIME period, or just classical as a generic genre? But MeLizzard's reply made me remember... Gary Schocker has a flute duet (no piano) called "Up the Hill, Down the Hill" that is available for FREE on his website:

www.garyschocker.com

I read through it with a few high school students today, and they loved it!

fluttiegurl · Post by **fluttiegurl** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:18 pm

Ooo! Up the Hill is one of the favorites in my studio right now. It is quite fun, and best of all, it's FREE!! He also has a duet called "Love Birds" that my students like a lot, and it is unaccompanied, though it may require a bit more work. You can find it a Flute World.

flutepicc06 · Post by **flutepicc06** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:27 pm

apicultrice wrote:Hi! I would disagree with the recommendation on the grading system at Flute World. Grade 4s tend to be for very advanced players

He did say intermediate to advanced, implying that advanced music was something they could handle. Just as with any grading system, Fluteworld's has some subjectivity, and the things they have graded as 4's aren't always terrible difficult.

musical_Kat · Post by **musical_Kat** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:17 am

flutepicc06 wrote:
apicultrice wrote:Hi! I would disagree with the recommendation on the grading system at Flute World. Grade 4s tend to be for very advanced players
He did say intermediate to advanced, implying that advanced music was something they could handle. Just as with any grading system, Fluteworld's has some subjectivity, and the things they have graded as 4's aren't always terrible difficult.

There is a difference between advanced and very advanced.....sometimes you have to read between the lines.....they said intermediate to advanced. If they were very advanced flute students they wouldn't have asked for as low as intermediate. So I'm pretty sure that they should stick to 2+ or 3+....just a thought. You wouldn't want to suggest something that they order and become so frustrated with because it is beyond their skill level. That can really set a player back.

apicultrice · Post by **apicultrice** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:55 am

Yeah, but I'm assuming (perhaps hastily) that this person is in high school. Advanced high school repertoire tends to range in the 3+. Grade 4s, even accounting for variability in the grading scale, are primarily meant for college students and professionals.

FltnPicc_David · Post by **FltnPicc_David** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:02 pm

Thanks for all the suggestions! What about Louis Moyse's "Album of Flute Duets"?