Sonata for flute and piano no. 1

Hello folks!

Last Wednesday, this sonata saw its world premiere in Brandenburg/Havel.

Unfortunately, I do not yet have a real recording, so I just have to offer you the version "played" by Finale 2006 with Finale GPO samples:

I. Allegro http://www.impressive-music-production.de/musik/larssonate1allegro.mp3

II. Andante sostenuto http://www.impressive-music-production.de/musik/larssonate2andantesostenuto.mp3

III. Scherzo: Presto http://www.impressive-music-production.de/musik/larssonate3scherzo.mp3

IV. Andante sostenuto http://www.impressive-music-production.de/musik/larssonate4andantesostenuto.mp3

V. Vivace http://www.impressive-music-production.de/musik/larssonate5vivace.mp3

(N.B.: The harpsichord here is not really a harpsichord - the player has to lay sheets of paper onto the piano strings during the flute solo, so the piano sounds remotely like a harpsichord...)

I really appreciate your opinions on this piece of music.

This is great, it's like classicism with an edge.

I'll post more after I've listened to the whole thing.

Honestly though, after the first two movements, this is worthy of "Major Works"

i dont think it

it has little echoes of Prokoviev in its harmony, but without the ascerbic side of P. Reminds me a little of the D major sonata (flute/violin).

I like it very much. I'd be very interested in hearing the "live" performance.

How about telling us a little about yourself?

I'd love to hear about some of your experiences as a composer.

Thanks for your appreciation of my music.

What I can tell you about myself is: I have been composing now for about 14 years, and most of my knowledge is self-taught - i.e. everything except for the things you can learn in musicology courses...

My favourite composers and greatest influences are Haydn, Mahler, Ives, Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Antheil.

As the typical jack of all parades, I compose almost everything you can imagine: "serious" music as well as musical comedies and pop songs. And I also do orchestrations; my last great work in that direction were the ones for "Paradiso" by Tangerine Dream - working with them was a very interesting experience.

Well, if you want to know more, just ask me or have a look at my web site: Lars J. Lange (unfortunately, it's all in German...)