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Borne Fantaisie Brillante for Flute and Piano-Edition Galway
Borne Fantaisie Brillante for Flute and Piano-Edition Galway
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Borne Fantaisie Brillante On Themes from Bizet’s Carmen for Flute & Piano
Presented by world-renowned flautist, James Galway.
About
Borne Carmen Fantasie is a fantastic, virtuosic showpiece for flute and piano lasting for a duration of 10 minutes. This piece is suitable for advanced players.
François Borne
Flautist and composer, François Borne (1840–1920), played with the orchestra of Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and was a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique de Toulouse. Borne was also responsible for his work and contribution to the technical improvements of the modern-day flute. His virtuosic ‘Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen’ remains a staple piece of the flute repertoire with its dazzling technical gymnastics and famous melodic themes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Borne
Georges Bizet-Composer
French composer Bizet (1838-1875), stands as one of the most gifted musicians of the 19th century/Romantic era.
He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from the tender age of ten, where he demonstrated his skills as a prodigious pianist and composer. Bizet studied with Charles Gounod, then the leading French opera composer and was later influenced by Italian composers such as Donizetti and Rossini.
During his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, Bizet won an array of prizes including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857.
Bizet composed an incredible thirty operas during his short lifetime, many of which remained unfinished. Some of these operas included Pearl Fisher and The Fair Maid of Perth, but his most famous opera was Carmen. This opera incorporated famous Spanish melodies including the Habanera and Toreador songs. Bizet sadly died three months after Carmen’s premiere, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the opera repertoire.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Bizet
Sir James Galway-Flautist
Renowned flautist, Sir James Galway has performed worldwide, has 98 albums to his name and has sold 30 million recordings. Throughout his extensive career, he has performed with many of the world’s top orchestras and conductors and toured extensively internationally. Galway has also collaborated on film soundtracks such as The Lord of the Rings and partnered with popular artists such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell and Sir Elton John.
A native of Northern Ireland, Galway began his flute studies in Belfast. At the age of 16, he was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, followed by studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Paris Conservatoire. At the age of 21, he embarked on his orchestral career in London’s major opera and symphonic orchestras. He took up the coveted position of solo flautist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan in 1969, before becoming one of the very first flautists to establish an international solo career in 1975.
Galway is a strong supporter of the arts and charitable causes and devotes much of his free time to furthering music education, sharing his wisdom and experience with the musical generation of tomorrow.
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