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for flute and string orchestra
A reduced stringed orchestra is preferable (e.g.: 8.8.6.4.2 - minimum: 3.3.2.2.1)

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Boosey & Hawkes

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

Availability

World premiere of version
24/09/1966
Notre Dame de France, London
Douglas Whittaker, flute / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrzej Panufnik
Composer's Notes

Hommage a Chopin, in the soprano and piano version, was originally commissioned by UNESCO for a concert in 1949 commemorating the 100th anniversary of Chopin’s death. Rather than making use of Chopin’s own themes or his style of piano writing, I decided to attempt to go deep into his roots, drawing on his love of the rustic melodies and rhythms which inspired him throughout his life. Thus I used as a basis the folk music from Mazowia, the central part of Poland where he was born, and I wrote five vocalises, interweaving the melodies between the two performers. The work is designed symmetrically, both in metre and tempo.

I decided to adapt this work for flute and strings when preparing for a concert in London commemorating the 1966 Miillennium of Polish Christianity and statehood.

Andrzej Panufnik

Note: the composer arranged Hommage a Chopin for solo flute and strings in 1966. The vocal version has been performed with orchestra, and the flute version with piano.





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This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer

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Recommended Recording
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with Old Polish Suite / Jagiellonian Triptych / Concerto in modo antico / Divertimento for Strings

Igor Cecocho (trumpet) / Hanna Turonek (flute)
Polish Chamber Orchestra / Mariusz Smolij
Naxos 8 570032

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