Autrefois

Description

Paavo Heineken, with his (earned) reputation for Finland’s ‘doughtiest modernist’, here sets aside his love of difficult music to create a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of what a late-Romantic Finnish Flute Concerto might sound like. Relaxed in atmosphere, with tonal harmonies and vivid melody (though neither always conventional), Autrefois (‘Yesteryears’) contains three movements that explore a full range of musical emotion: I – Scherzo & Elegia; II – Sonata (a reply to the first movement); and III – Berceuse & Dithyrambos, the central core of the work.

Massive and extensive in scope, Autrefois is for only the advanced player.

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