Alissa conducts Elena: Chamber Flute Conc. 1

Elena Firsova: CHAMBER CONCERTO No. 1 for flute and string orchestra (1978) Zoya Vyazovskaya (flute), MELADINA ENSEMBLE, Alissa FIRSOVA (conductor). This is the first Chamber Concerto in the series of a few written for different solo instruments with chamber orchestra. It is a one-movement composition. In the concerto I used material taken from two previously written contrasting Inventions for solo flute. In this concerto for the first time I tried to build quite a developed form based on a single theme only. It was not such a simple task and therefore I was quite often stuck in the process of composing. The mood of Spring and the awaking of Nature prevails in this composition, which for some reason tends to happen in my flute music.