Henri Dutilleux - Sonatine for Flute and Piano(1943)(with full score)

Mov.1: Allegretto 00:05 Mov.2: Andante 04:00 Mov.3: Animé 05:19 Fl. Emmanuel Pahud Pf. Eric Le Sage Predating his official Opus 1 (the Piano Sonata) by five years, Henri Dutilleux’s Flute Sonatina hardly reflects the composer’s distinctive mature style; it’s in a more generic, sometimes saucy French manner. The Paris Conservatory commissioned it as a test piece for the graduating flutists of 1942. Lasting barely ten minutes, the sonatina falls into three sections played without pause. It begins with a mysterious, tonally ambiguous flute theme played over an angular, rising and falling piano motif that strongly recalls the style of Dmitry Kabalevsky. The flute offers some brighter material as a bridge to a restatement of the opening piano melody, now appropriated fully by the flute and sounding gradually more playful. A fast, tense, and questioning flute cadenza leads to an expressive, lyrical andante reminiscent of Poulenc in his most serious instrumental mode. Exc