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dda21222 Booklet.indd 1-2 13/7/13 23:35:59 VOICE the divine art family of labels 1 Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) arr. Smith/Rhodes 5.15

2 Chanson de Matin Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.30

3 La Capricieuse Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 4.41 4 Make Believe from ‘Granpa’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 3.35

5 Brigg Fair Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.07 Two Country Impressions William Lloyd-Webber (1914-1982) arr. Kenneth Smith 6 i. Mulberry Cottage 2.07 7 ii. Frensham Pond 2.19 8 Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 Cyril Scott (1879-1970), arr. Smith/Rhodes 6.01 A full list of over 300 titles, with full track details, reviews, artist profiles and audio samples, is on 9 English Air Peter Lamb (b.1925) 4.21 our website. All our recordings are available at any good record store or direct from our secure web stores. Five Bagatelles Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) arr. Kenneth Smith

10 i. Prelude 3.33 11 ii. Romanza 4.29 12 iii. Carol 1.59 Diversions LLC (Divine Art USA), 333 Jones Drive, Brandon, VT 05733, USA Tel: +1 802 247 4295 email: [email protected] 13 iv. Forlana 2.42 14 v. Fughetta 2.10 Divine Art Ltd., 3 Cypress Close, Doddington, Cambs. PE15 0LE, UK 15 The Serious Doll Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 3.19 Tel: +44 (0)1609 882062 email: [email protected] 16 La Calinda from ‘Koanga’ Frederick Delius (1862-1934) arr. Eric Fenby 3.27 17 Touch her Soft Lips and Partfrom ‘Henry V’ William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Paul Rhodes 2.33 www.divineartrecords.com

18 Walking in the Air from ‘The Snowman’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.12 Printed catalogue sent on request 19 The Skye Boat Song traditional Scottish air, arr. Smith/Rhodes) 2.45 Most titles also available in digital download through iTunes, Amazon mp3, Classics Online 20 Music in the Street traditional Irish air, arr. Paul Rhodes 2.14 and at http://divineartdigital.downloadcentric.net 21 Golden Slumbers May Fair, from ‘The Dancing Master’, (anon.,1718), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.51 WARNING: Copyright subsists in all recordings issued under this label. Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording thereof in any manner 22 Allegretto from ‘Sonatina, Op. 19’ Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) 1.57 whatsoever will constitute an infringement of such copyright. In the United Kingdom, licences for the use of recordings for public performance may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd, 1, Upper James Street, London W1R 3HG. CD1: Total CD duration 74.57

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flute piano Recording data:

1 Clair de Lune from ‘Suite Bergamasque’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Roelens/Moyse 4.55 Recorded at – 2 Menuet from ‘Petite Suite’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.55 Leighton Park School, Reading: December 1989 (CD1 tracks 15-16) 3 On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.56 St. Mary’s Church, Burghfield: 4 Schön Rosmarin Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.04 July 1992 (CD1 tracks 2,6-8, 10-14, 18-19, 21; CD2 tracks 1,3, 5-8, 10-16, 18, 24) 5 Träumerei (‘Dreaming’) from ‘Kinderszenen’ Robert Schumann (1810-1856) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.51 August 1994 (CD1 tracks 20, 22; CD2 tracks 2, 9, 17, 19-23) April 1996 (CD1 track 4; CD2 track 4) 6 Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 Edward Elgar(1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.58 Performing Arts Centre, St. Swithun’s School, Winchester: 7 Chant Hindou from ‘Sadko’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.01 April 2007 (CD1 tracks 1, 9) 8 The Flight of the Bumble Bee August 2007 (CD1 tracks 3, 5, 17) from ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.09

Recording engineer: Geoffrey Addis 9 Adagio from ‘Spartacus’ Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), arr. James Galway 3.14 Producer: Kenneth Smith/Paul Rhodes ( CD 1 tracks 1, 3-5, 9, 17, 20-22; CD2 tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 19-23) 10 Last Spring from ‘Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34’ Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 Producer: Antony Hodgson (all other tracks) 11 Berceuse from ‘Dolly Suite, Op. 56’ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 Photograph of Kenneth Smith by Carla Rees www.carlareesphotography.co.uk 12 Tambourin François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.18 Back cover photograph / portrait of Paul Rhodes by Anje Kirsch Cover design and photograph (“Floral elegance at Castle Howard”): Stephen Sutton 13 Liebestraum No. 3 Franz Liszt (1811-1886), arr. Paul Rhodes 4.38 Copyright images – all rights reserved 14 Barcarolle from ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.00 Programme notes by Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes & Peter Lamb 15 ‘Minute’ Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.45

Original Sound Recording made by Kenneth Smith and issued under licence 16 Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.47 ℗ 1989-2007 Kenneth Smith 17 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.47 This compilation ℗ & ©2013 Divine Art Ltd (Diversions LLC in USA/Canada) 18 Hora Staccato Grigoraș Dinicu (1889-1949) arr. Jascha Heifetz/Kenneth Smith 2.12 Trois Gymnopédies Erik Satie (1866-1925) 7.34 19 I Lent et douloureux (2.58); 20 II Lent et triste (2.25); 21 III Lent et grave (2.10) 22 Le Basque Marin Marais (1656-1728), arr. Kenneth Smith 1.39 23 Walking Tune Percy Grainger (1882-1961), arr. Barry Ould 2.45 24 Csárdás Vittorio Monti (1868-1922),arr. Kenneth Smith 5.29 CD2: Total CD duration 70.47

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 5-6 13/7/13 23:36:01 More acclaimed recordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes:

Flute Vocalise There is sweet music here that softer falls Chaminade: Concertino Chopin: Variations on a Theme of Rossini Than petals from blown roses on the grass…. Saint-Saëns: The Swan Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Benjamin Godard: Suite de Trois Morceaux Than tir’d eyelids on tir’d eyes,… Jules Massenet: Meditation from ‘Thaïs’ Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Debussy: En Bateau Briccialdi: The Carnival of Venice from “The Lotus-Eaters” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Rachmaninov: Vocalise Gaubert: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando This collection of some of the world’s most cherished melodies and popular concert favourites is Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 presented by Kenneth Smith, principal flute of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra for 27 years, with Borne: Fantaisie Brillante sur Carmen pianist and accompanist Paul Rhodes, a duo partnership that has been performing and recording music diversions ddv 24156 for flute and piano since 1986. Most of these 46 tracks have been skilfully and sensitively transcribed by the performers themselves, sharing the musical content between both instruments in a way that allows the wide diversity of musical expression that lies within these works to be realized. Most of the works, especially those on CD2, are too well known to need a lengthy introduction, hence the brevity of some of the notes, leaving these beautiful melodies to speak for themselves. A Song without Words: The Legacy of Paul Taffanel CD1: A treasury of Romantic works inspired or promoted 1) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves by Taffanel including many first recordings: music by Taffanel, Reinecke, Chopin, Catherine, Fauré, Mouquet, The first known reference to the well-known tune Greensleeves was in 1580 when it was called a ‘New Saint-Saëns, Grandval, Bernard, Lefebvre, Bériot, Barrère, Northern Dittye’ but it seems likely that it is much older than that. It is mentioned twice in Shakespeare’s Widor, Gluck, Mendelssohn and more. play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and since then by several other playwrights. It has featured in dances, divine art dda 21371 (3CDs) songs and ballads in peacetime and in war. Ralph Vaughan Williams used the melody in a short entr’acte “Flute playing does not get any better than this. For me, this is in his opera ‘Sir John in Love’ (1929) which was based on Shakespeare’s play already mentioned and this the recording of the year.” – Robert Bigio (Flute Magazine) episode was subsequently adapted by Ralph Greaves in 1934 as a ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves’ for 2 flutes, harp and strings with the composer’s approval. It is this fantasia that Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes have transcribed for flute and piano. The central section is based on another folk tune ‘Oh Lovely Joan’ collected by Vaughan Williams and this ends with a flute cadenza that leads to a return of the opening ‘Greensleeves’.

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 7-8 13/7/13 23:36:04 More acclaimed ecordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes: 2) Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 By the River in Spring Harty: In Ireland Edward Elgar produced numerous musical miniatures often with musician friends in mind and two German: Intermezzo; Suite for Flute and Piano of them, originally for violin, are presented here. Written in 1899 for a pupil and family doctor Dr. F. Head: By the River in Spring Ehrke, Chanson de Matin was the second of two pieces (the first being Chanson de Nuit, 1897) which Alwyn: Flute Sonata subsequently became better known in their scoring for small orchestra. Its serenity and air of fresh, Nelson: Erie Cherie; In Venezuela youthful innocence have ensured its continued popularity. Dunhill: Valse Fantasia 3) Edward Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17 Leighton: Flute Sonata One of Elgar’s most charming salon pieces, La Capricieuse was dedicated “à mon ami Fred Ward” and Robinson: The Moon-Maiden’s Dance became a favourite recital piece with several virtuoso violinists including Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid divine art dda 25069 and Jascha Heifetz. Its coquettish melodic line effortlessly and playfully circles over an impish piano “The whole disc is a delight”–Philip Scowcroft (Light Music Society) accompaniment. The judicious use of rubato by both players is essential to the success of music so Enchantment delightful as this. Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano Hahn: Deux pièces pour flute et piano 4) Howard Blake: Make Believe Ropartz: Sonatine for flute and piano Two of the tracks on this CD are devoted to music by Howard Blake from his imaginative scores for Dutilleux: Sonatine for flute and piano the animated children’s films ‘The Snowman’ and ‘Grandpa’. Grandpa is a musical fable first published Franck: Sonata for flute and piano in 1991 in which, alone in their tiny garden, Grandpa and his small grand-daughter create their own divine art dda 25054 magical world of fairy tale and ‘make believe’. “In perfect taste and without any excess: this disc is a true 5) Percy Grainger: Brigg Fair enchantment!” – Marcel Louis (Pizzicato) Brigg Fair is a Lincolnshire folksong recorded by Percy Grainger in 1905. It was sung to him by a 72- year- old bailiff from the village of Saxby All Saints. Grainger’s setting of this tune for unaccompanied voices To Pan and Syrinx was the inspiration both for the English Rhapsody of Delius (dedicated to Grainger) and for the present Martinů: Sonata for Flute and Piano atmospheric arrangement for flute and piano by Paul Rhodes. Roussel: Joueurs de flute Enescu: Cantabile and Presto 6-7) William Lloyd Webber: Two Country Impressions Bonis: Sonata for Flute and Piano Father of two celebrated sons, Andrew and Julian, William Lloyd Webber was a gifted composer Debussy: Syrinx in his own right. During the 1950s when the family was living in Surrey, he wrote a set of pieces Schubert: Introduction, Theme and Variations entitled Six Country Impressions, one each for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn and divine art dda 25066 trumpet. They were written with younger players in mind and are delightfully tuneful and easy “These are exemplary performances. Highly recommended.” – Robert on the ear. Mulberry Cottage, for flute and piano, aptly reflects the quiet buzz and fragrance of Bigio (Pan Magazine) a country cottage garden and emanates a warm ‘summery’ glow of contentment. The second of these pieces selected here was originally for clarinet and recreates a delightful memory in music of an exquisite country scene near Frensham. 16 5

dda21222 Booklet.indd 9-10 13/7/13 23:36:07 8) Cyril Scott : Lotus Land The English composer, poet and pianist Cyril Scott studied in Germany from an early age before sett ling in Liverpool as a teacher in 1898. He wrote in an impressionisti c style which earned him the soubriquet of the ‘English Debussy’. This is understandable when one considers the atmospheric nature of his Lotus Paul Rhodes was born in Ireland and studied piano in Belfast with Wight Henderson. Land, originally an evocati ve piano piece which Paul Rhodes has imaginati vely adapted for fl ute and piano. A work of haunti ng beauty, it is a disti ncti ve and sensiti ve transcripti on that will surely be a most Aft er reading music at Edinburgh University he went on to study piano with Marjorie welcome additi on to the fl ute repertoire. Hazlehurst at the Birmingham Conservatoire and with Hamish Milne in London. 9) Peter Lamb: English Air Paul lives in Luxembourg where he pursues an acti ve career as a teacher and pianist. Off ering the performers the opportunity to indulge their lyrical impulses, Peter Lamb’s English Air In additi on to his music-making with Kenneth Smith, he regularly performs as a song employs a main theme of varying intensity. This is contrasted with a short middle secti on and a plangent accompanist and as an instrumentalist with musicians from Belgium, France and litt le waltz sequence for piano which leads to the return of the main refrain. Aft er its restatement the Germany. piece draws to a refl ecti ve and questi oning conclusion. 10-14) Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles Gerald Finzi is probably best known for his beauti ful vocal setti ngs of poetry by William Wordsworth, Thomas Hardy and Robert Bridges and for the sublime Dies Natalis for voice and strings on the writi ngs MUSIC PUBLISHERS/COPYRIGHTS: of Thomas Traherne. However his small orchestral and chamber works exhibit similar care and att enti on CD1 tracks 1, 17: Oxford University Press/arrangement Copyright Control to details of light, shade and colour as well as the balance of interweaving melodic lines. CD1 tracks 2,3, 19-21; CD2 tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10-17, 19-22, 24: Copyright Control CD1 tracks 4, 18: Highbridge Music Ltd/Copyright Control The Five Bagatelles are some of his fi nest miniatures. They matured over several years and were CD1 track 5: Schott Music Ltd/Copyright Control completed during the turbulent years of 1941-43. The opening Prelude and fi nal Fughett a are the CD1 track 6: Copyright Control most substanti al movements whilst the inner pieces are vintage Finzi – poetry without words, with CD1 track 7: Copyright Control the composer in his familiar mood of quiet contemplati on. The Romance is a gentle piece of nostalgia CD1 track 8: Elkin & Co. Ltd/Novello & Co. Ltd CD1 track 9: Recital Music Ltd with a glowing lyrical central secti on and for the penulti mate piece, Forlana, Finzi had considered the CD1 tracks 10-14: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd ti tle ‘Berceuse’. The melody of the central piece had been writt en many years earlier as a ‘carol’ for the CD1 track 16: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd children of his friend Herbert Howells. This fi nal working tenderly refl ects a similar essence and seasonal CD1 track 22: Alfred Lengnick & Co Ltd/Complete Music Ltd atmosphere to his setti ng of the Nati vity, In Terra Pax. CD2 track 4: Schott Music Ltd/Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd The fi rst editi on of the Five Bagatelles, published in 1945, sold out within a year and the pieces have CD2 track 9: BMG Songs, Inc./Universal Music Publishers MGB Ltd CD2 track 18: Carl Fischer LLC/Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd remained equally popular ever since. CD2 track 23: Bardic Editi on 15) Edward Elgar: The Serious Doll above details are correct to the best of our informati on Elgar wrote several suites and songs with children in mind, oft en inspired by the thoughts and recollecti ons of his own childhood. Such delightf ul morsels as The Serious Doll exert an exquisite

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 11-12 13/7/13 23:36:08 charm persuading us with unerring skill to enter the enchanted world of his imagination. It is a movement from the Nursery Suite for orchestra written after the birth of Princess Margaret and dedicated to the Royal Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. It was first performed and recorded at London’s Kingsway Hall in 1931 in the presence of their parents the Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Elgar was conducting. 16) Frederick Delius: La Calinda La Calinda first appeared in Delius’ orchestral suiteFlorida of 1886-7. It was later revised and incorporated as an interlude in Act II of his third opera Koanga in Paris in 1895-7. This transcription for flute and piano was made by the composer’s amanuensis, Eric Fenby. 17) William Walton: ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ Much of Walton’s composing life was taken up writing music for films. His most celebrated score was Henry V, written in 1944 in collaboration with Laurence Olivier, not only the star but also the director of the film. ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ is the serenely beautiful music which accompanies the tender scene where Falstaff’s servant Pistol bids farewell to his newly wedded wife Mistress Quickly before departing for war - a sentiment that must have been all too familiar at the time it was written. Paul Rhodes’ telling re-working of this piece has lost nothing of its poignancy. 18) Howard Blake: Walking in the Air Walking in the Air is the central and most popular episode in Howard Blake’s magical score to The Snowman of 1982. The song ‘Walking in the Air’ has a plaintive and beautiful theme that has achieved huge popularity with audiences around the world. Here, in an arrangement by Paul Rhodes and Kenneth Smith, and with the full approval of the composer, it once more weaves its enchanting spell. 19) The Skye Boat Song, long accepted as a Scottish folksong, is in fact partly a shanty heard by Annie Macleod on a boat journey in Northern Scotland in the late 19th century and partly her own composition. The original words by Sir Harold Boulton (1884) were later adapted by Robert Louis Stevenson whose now generally accepted version tells of the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) by boat “ over the sea to Skye” after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. 20) Of Music in the Street, Paul Rhodes describes how he first became acquainted with this haunting Irish melody through a song arranged by one of his teachers, the Irish composer Redmond Friel. Taking the same melody, Paul’s arrangement dates from 1990 and is dedicated in memory of his parents.

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 13-14 13/7/13 23:36:09 21) The words to the lullaby Golden Slumbers are based on the poem ‘Cradle Song’ by Thomas Dekker (1572-1638). The tune known as May Fair can be found in the third edition of the ‘Dancing Master’ of 1718 and also features in John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. During the late 1600s a May Principal Flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra London for over twenty seven years, Kenneth Smith is an Fair became a regular event in the area of London known as Mayfair and this beautiful tune has become established and familiar guest principal flute with many of the major orchestras in Britain. part of the treasury of British Song. 22) Malcolm Arnold: Allegretto He can be heard on countless recordings of the orchestral and operatic repertoire with several leading This is the last movement of the Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 19 dedicated in 1948 to Arnold’s friend orchestras. With the Philharmonia alone he has made over 500 recordings including symphonic cycles, and colleague the flute player Richard Adeney. It finds the composer in the sunniest of spirits casting an concertos, overtures and orchestral showpieces, ballets, film scores and over 40 operas. His individual irresistibly ‘catchy’ tune over a gently rocking accompaniment. sound and imaginative playing on disc and on the concert platform continue to draw glowing reviews and win admirers around the world. CD2: 1) Claude Debussy: Clair de lune Kenneth Smith’s solo recordings include Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp under Sinopoli for Clair de lune is the third of a set of pieces for solo piano making up the Suite Bergamasque which Debussy completed in 1890. It is a beautifully subtle evocation of the atmosphere created by moonlight. Deutsche Grammophon, Vivaldi concertos with the London Musici and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with Maurice André and the Philharmonia under Muti for EMI. Chamber music recordings include 2) Claude Debussy: Menuet works by Janacek, Mercadante and Messiaen. This Menuet was adapted by Debussy from one of his own songs and forms the third movement of his Petite Suite for piano duet (1899). It is perhaps more widely known in its orchestral version by Henri Kenneth Smith’s collaboration with pianist Paul Rhodes during the last twenty six years has produced Busser. twelve albums of music for flute and piano, five of them being devoted to music by British composers 3) Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 whilst a 3 CD set entitled ‘A Song Without Words’ gives an insight into the life and influence of French Victorian society and indeed Queen Victoria herself thought most highly of Mendelssohn and in an age flutist Paul Taffanel. The others embrace many of the major works in the flute repertoire along with when music making was an important part of home entertainment his songs found ready acceptance. several virtuoso showpieces, some neglected gems and a selection of these artist’s own colourful and ‘On Wings of Song’ is one of his best loved melodies. frequently broadcast arrangements of classical favourites. 4) Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin This is one of many salon pieces that Kreisler had for years mischievously passed off as the work of As an escape from a busy worldwide schedule he returns to his home in Dorset and the tranquillity of various obscure 18th century composers. Only in 1935 did he finally reveal that they were, in fact, from Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. his own pen. 5) Robert Schumann: Träumerei, Op. 15 no. 7 Schumann’s famous Träumerei (Dreaming) from his Kinderszenen (‘Scenes from Childhood’) is a favourite among pianists. This transcription for flute gives this lovely piece a further dimension.

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6) Edward Elgar: Salut d’Amour, op. 12 Elgar’s first and possibly most famous salon piece, Salut d’Amour (‘Loves Greeting’), was written in 1889 around the time of his marriage to Caroline Alice Roberts and bears the dedication ‘à Carice’ – his daughter, so it was possibly a double dedication! It has since been arranged for a wide range of instruments. Elgar could not have foreseen the worldwide popularity it was to claim, let alone the royalties it would earn for the publisher to whom Elgar sold the copyright for a mere two guineas. 7) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Chant Hindou In Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Sadko, some of the merchant sailors are given the task of describing their homeland in order to determine where they should all set sail for next. The enchanting melody Chant Hindou or ‘Song of India’ has become a favourite song recital piece wonderfully portraying the traditional mystery and romance of the East. 8) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble Bee This piece comes from another opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan. Here, the dashing young Prince Guidon is transformed into a bumble bee to make a ‘flying’ visit to his father’s court. 9) Aram Khachaturian: Adagio The lush and sweeping melody of Aram Khachaturian’s richly romantic and passionate love theme from Spartacus and Phrygia has achieved widespread fame after having been freely adapted for use as film and television theme music. 10) Edvard Grieg: Last Spring Artful simplicity is perhaps the aspect which has rendered Edvard Grieg’s songLast Spring, the second of his two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, as instantly memorable. This arrangement for flute and piano captures the poetic melancholy of the original. 11) Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 56 Among the most popular works by the French composer Gabriel Fauré is his Dolly Suite completed in 1896. These six pieces for piano duet were given as separate birthday gifts to Debussy’s stepdaughter, Hélène Bardac, or ‘Dolly’. The suite is an intimate portrait of a child and her life with numerous personal references. The first movement,Berceuse , was a lullaby for Dolly on her first birthday. It achieved great popularity in the post Second World War period in its orchestral arrangement of 1912 by Henri Rabaud. Its tender simplicity was ideal for the signature tune of a much-loved family radio programme, ‘Listen with Mother’.

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12) François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin 19-21) Erik Satie: 3 Gymnopédies Through the ages the word tambourin has been used to represent various types of small drum used Satie could be alternately a remote and extrovert character yet was welcomed in the highest social and in civilian and military contexts, and for the hand held tambourine used in orchestras today. It is also artistic circles: Diaghilev, Debussy, Ravel and Picasso were among his friends and influences. The word known as a French Provençal dance but the pipe and drum combination is surely what is at the heart of ‘Gymnopédie’ was, in fact, an invention of Erik Satie. The 3 Gymnopédies written in 1888 were inspired this attractive little piece. by poems about ancient times and have a strong link to the Cubist movement in painting. Like viewing an object from three different angles we are invited to experience the same musical idea from three 13) Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 different perspectives. They are like three miniature sarabandes that share the same musical content This is one of Liszt’s most popular pieces, the English title being ‘Loves Dream’. The subtle harmonic whilst at the same time evoking Satie’s ageless vision of Ancient Greece. colours which underpin this captivating melody are typical of the Romantic era in which it was written. 22) Marin Marais: Le Basque 14) Jacques Offenbach: Barcarolle This is an attractive little display piece along the lines of Tambourin heard earlier. Its perky little melody This widely known melody comes from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann and conjures up the movement keeps re-appearing and never fails to bring a smile. of a gently rocking gondola gliding along the waterways of Venice. 23) Percy Grainger: Walking Tune 15) Fryderyk Chopin: ‘Minute’ Waltz (Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1) Percy Grainger’s numerous lighter works are always a joy to hear. Walking Tune was penned by Grainger In his set of Waltzes Chopin elevates a favourite dance form to a poetic musical experience. The story on a hiking holiday in Scotland. In this arrangement by Barry Ould the gentle and reflective opening behind this famous ‘minute waltz’ (which usually lasts almost two minutes!) is that it was inspired by a develops into a soaring and joyous melody with a typical open-air quality so readily associated with this moment when Chopin observed his lover George Sand’s dog chasing its own tail. Whether it is true or composer. not, this image creates a very appropriate analogy for the music. 24) Vittorio Monti: Csárdás 16) Alexander Borodin: Nocturne The Italian violinist and composer Vittorio Monti is known principally for this spectacularCsárdás written Originally the slow movement of Borodin’s Second String Quartet, this Nocturne has been arranged in 1904. A deservedly famous piece, it begins with a typically slow and dramatic introductory ‘lassu’ and adapted for countless solo instrumental, vocal and orchestral performances. It has an exotic and followed by a spirited main section that develops into a wild Hungarian gypsy dance. oriental flavour which Paul Rhodes has captured beautifully in this finely crafted transcription for flute and piano. 17) Claude Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Originally one of Debussy’s Préludes for piano, this piece was written in response to a poem by Leconte de Lisle: “Who, seated on the flowering Lucerne, sings in the fresh morning air? It is the girl with the flaxen hair”. 18) Grigoraș Dinicu: Hora Staccato The most famous of all Rumanian violinists, Dinicu wrote this exciting little piece in New York in 1906. Jascha Heifetz heard Dinicu play it in a restaurant and requested permission to create a version for violin and piano which has subsequently become a famous recital encore.

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 17-18 13/7/13 23:36:17 21) The words to the lullaby Golden Slumbers are based on the poem ‘Cradle Song’ by Thomas Dekker (1572-1638). The tune known as May Fair can be found in the third edition of the ‘Dancing Master’ of 1718 and also features in John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. During the late 1600s a May Principal Flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra London for over twenty seven years, Kenneth Smith is an Fair became a regular event in the area of London known as Mayfair and this beautiful tune has become established and familiar guest principal flute with many of the major orchestras in Britain. part of the treasury of British Song. 22) Malcolm Arnold: Allegretto He can be heard on countless recordings of the orchestral and operatic repertoire with several leading This is the last movement of the Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 19 dedicated in 1948 to Arnold’s friend orchestras. With the Philharmonia alone he has made over 500 recordings including symphonic cycles, and colleague the flute player Richard Adeney. It finds the composer in the sunniest of spirits casting an concertos, overtures and orchestral showpieces, ballets, film scores and over 40 operas. His individual irresistibly ‘catchy’ tune over a gently rocking accompaniment. sound and imaginative playing on disc and on the concert platform continue to draw glowing reviews and win admirers around the world. CD2: 1) Claude Debussy: Clair de lune Kenneth Smith’s solo recordings include Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp under Sinopoli for Clair de lune is the third of a set of pieces for solo piano making up the Suite Bergamasque which Debussy completed in 1890. It is a beautifully subtle evocation of the atmosphere created by moonlight. Deutsche Grammophon, Vivaldi concertos with the London Musici and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with Maurice André and the Philharmonia under Muti for EMI. Chamber music recordings include 2) Claude Debussy: Menuet works by Janacek, Mercadante and Messiaen. This Menuet was adapted by Debussy from one of his own songs and forms the third movement of his Petite Suite for piano duet (1899). It is perhaps more widely known in its orchestral version by Henri Kenneth Smith’s collaboration with pianist Paul Rhodes during the last twenty six years has produced Busser. twelve albums of music for flute and piano, five of them being devoted to music by British composers 3) Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 whilst a 3 CD set entitled ‘A Song Without Words’ gives an insight into the life and influence of French Victorian society and indeed Queen Victoria herself thought most highly of Mendelssohn and in an age flutist Paul Taffanel. The others embrace many of the major works in the flute repertoire along with when music making was an important part of home entertainment his songs found ready acceptance. several virtuoso showpieces, some neglected gems and a selection of these artist’s own colourful and ‘On Wings of Song’ is one of his best loved melodies. frequently broadcast arrangements of classical favourites. 4) Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin This is one of many salon pieces that Kreisler had for years mischievously passed off as the work of As an escape from a busy worldwide schedule he returns to his home in Dorset and the tranquillity of various obscure 18th century composers. Only in 1935 did he finally reveal that they were, in fact, from Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. his own pen. 5) Robert Schumann: Träumerei, Op. 15 no. 7 Schumann’s famous Träumerei (Dreaming) from his Kinderszenen (‘Scenes from Childhood’) is a favourite among pianists. This transcription for flute gives this lovely piece a further dimension.

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 15-16 13/7/13 23:36:09 charm persuading us with unerring skill to enter the enchanted world of his imagination. It is a movement from the Nursery Suite for orchestra written after the birth of Princess Margaret and dedicated to the Royal Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. It was first performed and recorded at London’s Kingsway Hall in 1931 in the presence of their parents the Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Elgar was conducting. 16) Frederick Delius: La Calinda La Calinda first appeared in Delius’ orchestral suiteFlorida of 1886-7. It was later revised and incorporated as an interlude in Act II of his third opera Koanga in Paris in 1895-7. This transcription for flute and piano was made by the composer’s amanuensis, Eric Fenby. 17) William Walton: ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ Much of Walton’s composing life was taken up writing music for films. His most celebrated score was Henry V, written in 1944 in collaboration with Laurence Olivier, not only the star but also the director of the film. ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ is the serenely beautiful music which accompanies the tender scene where Falstaff’s servant Pistol bids farewell to his newly wedded wife Mistress Quickly before departing for war - a sentiment that must have been all too familiar at the time it was written. Paul Rhodes’ telling re-working of this piece has lost nothing of its poignancy. 18) Howard Blake: Walking in the Air Walking in the Air is the central and most popular episode in Howard Blake’s magical score to The Snowman of 1982. The song ‘Walking in the Air’ has a plaintive and beautiful theme that has achieved huge popularity with audiences around the world. Here, in an arrangement by Paul Rhodes and Kenneth Smith, and with the full approval of the composer, it once more weaves its enchanting spell. 19) The Skye Boat Song, long accepted as a Scottish folksong, is in fact partly a shanty heard by Annie Macleod on a boat journey in Northern Scotland in the late 19th century and partly her own composition. The original words by Sir Harold Boulton (1884) were later adapted by Robert Louis Stevenson whose now generally accepted version tells of the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) by boat “ over the sea to Skye” after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. 20) Of Music in the Street, Paul Rhodes describes how he first became acquainted with this haunting Irish melody through a song arranged by one of his teachers, the Irish composer Redmond Friel. Taking the same melody, Paul’s arrangement dates from 1990 and is dedicated in memory of his parents.

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 13-14 13/7/13 23:36:09 8) Cyril Scott : Lotus Land The English composer, poet and pianist Cyril Scott studied in Germany from an early age before sett ling in Liverpool as a teacher in 1898. He wrote in an impressionisti c style which earned him the soubriquet of the ‘English Debussy’. This is understandable when one considers the atmospheric nature of his Lotus Paul Rhodes was born in Ireland and studied piano in Belfast with Wight Henderson. Land, originally an evocati ve piano piece which Paul Rhodes has imaginati vely adapted for fl ute and piano. A work of haunti ng beauty, it is a disti ncti ve and sensiti ve transcripti on that will surely be a most Aft er reading music at Edinburgh University he went on to study piano with Marjorie welcome additi on to the fl ute repertoire. Hazlehurst at the Birmingham Conservatoire and with Hamish Milne in London. 9) Peter Lamb: English Air Paul lives in Luxembourg where he pursues an acti ve career as a teacher and pianist. Off ering the performers the opportunity to indulge their lyrical impulses, Peter Lamb’s English Air In additi on to his music-making with Kenneth Smith, he regularly performs as a song employs a main theme of varying intensity. This is contrasted with a short middle secti on and a plangent accompanist and as an instrumentalist with musicians from Belgium, France and litt le waltz sequence for piano which leads to the return of the main refrain. Aft er its restatement the Germany. piece draws to a refl ecti ve and questi oning conclusion. 10-14) Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles Gerald Finzi is probably best known for his beauti ful vocal setti ngs of poetry by William Wordsworth, Thomas Hardy and Robert Bridges and for the sublime Dies Natalis for voice and strings on the writi ngs MUSIC PUBLISHERS/COPYRIGHTS: of Thomas Traherne. However his small orchestral and chamber works exhibit similar care and att enti on CD1 tracks 1, 17: Oxford University Press/arrangement Copyright Control to details of light, shade and colour as well as the balance of interweaving melodic lines. CD1 tracks 2,3, 19-21; CD2 tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10-17, 19-22, 24: Copyright Control CD1 tracks 4, 18: Highbridge Music Ltd/Copyright Control The Five Bagatelles are some of his fi nest miniatures. They matured over several years and were CD1 track 5: Schott Music Ltd/Copyright Control completed during the turbulent years of 1941-43. The opening Prelude and fi nal Fughett a are the CD1 track 6: Copyright Control most substanti al movements whilst the inner pieces are vintage Finzi – poetry without words, with CD1 track 7: Copyright Control the composer in his familiar mood of quiet contemplati on. The Romance is a gentle piece of nostalgia CD1 track 8: Elkin & Co. Ltd/Novello & Co. Ltd CD1 track 9: Recital Music Ltd with a glowing lyrical central secti on and for the penulti mate piece, Forlana, Finzi had considered the CD1 tracks 10-14: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd ti tle ‘Berceuse’. The melody of the central piece had been writt en many years earlier as a ‘carol’ for the CD1 track 16: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd children of his friend Herbert Howells. This fi nal working tenderly refl ects a similar essence and seasonal CD1 track 22: Alfred Lengnick & Co Ltd/Complete Music Ltd atmosphere to his setti ng of the Nati vity, In Terra Pax. CD2 track 4: Schott Music Ltd/Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd The fi rst editi on of the Five Bagatelles, published in 1945, sold out within a year and the pieces have CD2 track 9: BMG Songs, Inc./Universal Music Publishers MGB Ltd CD2 track 18: Carl Fischer LLC/Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd remained equally popular ever since. CD2 track 23: Bardic Editi on 15) Edward Elgar: The Serious Doll above details are correct to the best of our informati on Elgar wrote several suites and songs with children in mind, oft en inspired by the thoughts and recollecti ons of his own childhood. Such delightf ul morsels as The Serious Doll exert an exquisite

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dda21222 Booklet.indd 11-12 13/7/13 23:36:08 More acclaimed ecordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes: 2) Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 By the River in Spring Harty: In Ireland Edward Elgar produced numerous musical miniatures often with musician friends in mind and two German: Intermezzo; Suite for Flute and Piano of them, originally for violin, are presented here. Written in 1899 for a pupil and family doctor Dr. F. Head: By the River in Spring Ehrke, Chanson de Matin was the second of two pieces (the first being Chanson de Nuit, 1897) which Alwyn: Flute Sonata subsequently became better known in their scoring for small orchestra. Its serenity and air of fresh, Nelson: Erie Cherie; In Venezuela youthful innocence have ensured its continued popularity. Dunhill: Valse Fantasia 3) Edward Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17 Leighton: Flute Sonata One of Elgar’s most charming salon pieces, La Capricieuse was dedicated “à mon ami Fred Ward” and Robinson: The Moon-Maiden’s Dance became a favourite recital piece with several virtuoso violinists including Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid divine art dda 25069 and Jascha Heifetz. Its coquettish melodic line effortlessly and playfully circles over an impish piano “The whole disc is a delight”–Philip Scowcroft (Light Music Society) accompaniment. The judicious use of rubato by both players is essential to the success of music so Enchantment delightful as this. Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano Hahn: Deux pièces pour flute et piano 4) Howard Blake: Make Believe Ropartz: Sonatine for flute and piano Two of the tracks on this CD are devoted to music by Howard Blake from his imaginative scores for Dutilleux: Sonatine for flute and piano the animated children’s films ‘The Snowman’ and ‘Grandpa’. Grandpa is a musical fable first published Franck: Sonata for flute and piano in 1991 in which, alone in their tiny garden, Grandpa and his small grand-daughter create their own divine art dda 25054 magical world of fairy tale and ‘make believe’. “In perfect taste and without any excess: this disc is a true 5) Percy Grainger: Brigg Fair enchantment!” – Marcel Louis (Pizzicato) Brigg Fair is a Lincolnshire folksong recorded by Percy Grainger in 1905. It was sung to him by a 72- year- old bailiff from the village of Saxby All Saints. Grainger’s setting of this tune for unaccompanied voices To Pan and Syrinx was the inspiration both for the English Rhapsody of Delius (dedicated to Grainger) and for the present Martinů: Sonata for Flute and Piano atmospheric arrangement for flute and piano by Paul Rhodes. Roussel: Joueurs de flute Enescu: Cantabile and Presto 6-7) William Lloyd Webber: Two Country Impressions Bonis: Sonata for Flute and Piano Father of two celebrated sons, Andrew and Julian, William Lloyd Webber was a gifted composer Debussy: Syrinx in his own right. During the 1950s when the family was living in Surrey, he wrote a set of pieces Schubert: Introduction, Theme and Variations entitled Six Country Impressions, one each for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn and divine art dda 25066 trumpet. They were written with younger players in mind and are delightfully tuneful and easy “These are exemplary performances. Highly recommended.” – Robert on the ear. Mulberry Cottage, for flute and piano, aptly reflects the quiet buzz and fragrance of Bigio (Pan Magazine) a country cottage garden and emanates a warm ‘summery’ glow of contentment. The second of these pieces selected here was originally for clarinet and recreates a delightful memory in music of an exquisite country scene near Frensham. 16 5

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2 Chanson de Matin Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.30

3 La Capricieuse Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 4.41 4 Make Believe from ‘Granpa’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 3.35

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