Nimble and subtle: Nielsen’s Flute Concerto

Nimble and subtle: Nielsen’s Flute Concerto

[youtube]UlRDL-aUpVw[/youtube]   Carol Lockhart, New West Symphony flautist, shares about her favorite instrument, the flute, and Team Winds fires back today with a spectacular showpiece for the flute: Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto. In 1926, Nielsen’s...
4 horn madness: Schumann’s Concertpiece

4 horn madness: Schumann’s Concertpiece

To celebrate Robert Schumann’s birthday today (June 8, 1810), here’s one of his more unique works: the Concert Piece in F Major for Four Horns and Orchestra.  Right away the spotlight is on the soloists. The piece requires not one, but 4 skilled french...