{"product_id":"rouse-concerto-for-flute-and-piano","title":"Rouse- Concerto for Flute and Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003eRouse- Concerto for Flute and Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMovements\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI “Amhrán”\u003cbr\u003eII “Alla Marcia”\u003cbr\u003eIII “Elegia”\u003cbr\u003eIV “Scherzo”\u003cbr\u003eV “Amhrán”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer’s Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I completed my first flute concerto in Fairport, New York on August 15, 1993. The five-movement work was composed for Carol Wincenc, who also commissioned it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe concerto, in a general sense at least, was inspired by my reactions to and reflections upon the Celtic tradition, though in no sense is the piece intended to be heard as music to a specific program.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlthough both of my parents’ families immigrated to America well before the Revolutionary War, I nonetheless still feel a deep ancestral tug of recognition whenever I am exposed to the arts and traditions of the British Isles, particularly those of Celtic origin. Perhaps the Jungian concept of ‘genetic memory’ is at work here, but the kinship I feel with the heritage – reflected in musical sources as distinct as Irish folk songs, Scottish bagpipe music, and English coronation marches – never fails to summon forth from me a profoundly intense reaction of both recognition and homesickness.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Rouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Flutes Plus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59263761613134,"sku":"BHI2000926","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0885\/5335\/7646\/files\/bhi2000926_0.jpg?v=1774631117","url":"https:\/\/www.allflutesplus.com\/products\/rouse-concerto-for-flute-and-piano","provider":"All Flutes Plus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}