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Reminiscence
Reminiscence is mvt. 2 from
Flute Concerto No.1 Op.70
Berg is one of a handful of composers who are able to create the rare experience of enchanted silence in their music – Berg's Flute Concerto No.1 Op.70 contains several such moments. Even though his tools are a "conventional" orchestra using "conventional" instruments, an unreal atmosphere of calm and celestial flight arises. One of the most fascinating aspects in this regard is that he does not use any minimalist or modernist devices at all; he simply allows the music and its inner qualities to speak in full. In our current age of constant hectic activity, where it is barely permitted to think a complete thought, music such as this is of the greatest importance: it gives the listener the chance to experience time as a benefit and not as a punishment. The concerto is dedicated to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's eminent flautist Emily Beynon, and it received its premier performance in London in February 2009.
Wolfgang Plagge - text from the FLUTE MYSTERY booklet.
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– Galway formed a sinuous bond with the orchestra in the world premiere of Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg's "Flute Mystery," Concerto for Alto Flute and Orchestra. Berg writes music of a spare beauty. The 15-minute, one-movement piece merges cool restraint and rhythmic exactitude. Galway, to whom Berg dedicated the score, played his languid lines with sympathy and dark polish.
(Washington Post, October 6, 2006) Flute Mystery op.66a
Performances in The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, by Sir James Galway and National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Information about the Flute Mystery Op.66a world premiere
Listen to a complete version of Flute Mystery Op.66b
Listen to a complete version of Reminiscence Op.70 #2
Listen to a complete version of "Awakening" Op.70 #4
Sheet music available on FLUTE MYSTERY
Emily Beynon, flute
Catherine Beynon, harp
Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
From the GRAMMY nominated recording FLUTE MYSTERY (2L-058-SABD)
"Fred Jonny Berg has given the world yet another timeless classic piece with Flute Sonata no.1 op.40 and should be heralded for his tremendous effort and choice of musicians for this grand masterpiece! "
(Gods of Music, 2001; Flute Sonata no.1 op.40). Read the complete review'
Op.40 is dedicated to Tom Ottar Andreassen, who also premièred the work on concert and the CD SEASONS OF LIFE
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF FLUTE MUSIC | REVIEWS
High Mountains of Music Op.8 (Flute & Piano) *
Parting Op.20b (Flute & Piano) *
Flute Sonata no.1 Op.40 (Flute & Piano) *
Dedicated to Tom Ottar AndreassenMoment Alone Op.55 (Flute & Cello)
Flute Mystery Op.66a (Alto flute, Harp & String orchestra)
Flute Mystery Op.66b (C flute, Harp & String orchestra) **
Dedicated to Sir James GalwayFlute Concerto No.1 Op.70 (Flute & Orchestra) **
Dedicated to Emily BeynonI Memento
II Reminiscence
III Obituary
IV Awakening
A Piccolo Poem Op.72 (Piccolo solo)
Dedicated to Cristina LedfordThe album FLUTE MYSTERY (Beynon/Ashkenazy/Berg) was nominated for a GRAMMY 2010.
"Fred Jonny Berg is a major musical discovery. It would be necessary to rewind to the 1940s and Malcolm Arnold to find an emerging composer of such exceeding promise. His compositions are confidently tonal, fluently melodious and possessed of virtually supernatural penetrative power. The flute works receive achingly beautiful, indeed enchanting, performances from Emily Beynon and the Philharmonia under Vladimir Ashkenazy (Berg conducts the other pieces). This set is recommended for any collector seeking the refined side of contemporary music."
La Scena, Canada, November, 2009
"The performances, it need hardly be said given the stature of the musicians, are impeccable. Emily Beynon is as good a flute player as has walked the earth, and she clearly enjoys playing this music. Few recordings have given me such pleasure."
PAN Magazine, September 2009
FLUTE MYSTERY – Fred Jonny Berg
Emily Beynon, flute
Catherine Beynon, harp
Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
From the GRAMMY nominated recording FLUTE MYSTERY (2L-058-SABD)
Photos: Keith Saunders.
Op.66 is dedicated to Sir James Galway. First performed in Washington D.C. on the 5th of October 2006 by Sir James Galway and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
Flute Sonata No.1 Op.40 is present in the movie Vicino alla Montagna
Vicino alla Montagna - Production trailer (2006).
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* Available on the recording SEASONS OF LIFE
Tom Ottar Andreassen (Flute) & Wolfgang Plagge (Piano)
** Available on the recording FLUTE MYSTERY
Emily Beynon (Flute), Catherine Beynon (Harp), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor)FLUTE LINKS
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