UQ Flute Ensemble

The UQ Flute Ensemble

Jemima Drews

Katya Willett

Katey Jeong

Jessica Walther

Tayler Basham

Sarah Kim

Christine Vellacott

Movement 4 from Flute Quartet in F# Minor by Eugène Walckiers

This piece is one of the few flute quartets that exists from the Romantic Period. Walckiers himself was a flute player and made many contributions to the flute chamber repertoire. This fourth and final movement of his F# minor quartet is a lively and energetic work.  

Selected Works from “The Magic Flute” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1.    “Der holle rache kocht in meinem herzen”

2.    “Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden”

3.    “Wie stark ist nicht dein zauberton”

4.    “Der vogelfänger bin ich ja”

These arias are all from the opera “The Magic Flute” by Mozart and are arranged for 2 flutes. The first of the arias translates to “Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart” and is sung by the Queen of the Night.  The remainder translate to “Oh, I feel it, it’s gone”, “How strong your magic is!”, and “I am the bird catcher” respectively.

Image by Eugène Bozza

Eugène Bozza was a French violinist and composer, who’s main output was a great deal of chamber music for wind instruments. This piece, Image for solo flute, is one of his most well-known works. It contains beautiful melodies whilst also displaying the players technical abilities.

Selected Works by Antonio Vivaldi

1.    Il Gardellino arranged for 2 flutes

2.    Autumn from the 4 Seasons arranged for 3 flutes

Il Gardellino translates the The Goldfinch and is a concerto for flute and orchestra in its original arrangement. It contains many bird-like motifs to represent its namesake. Autumn is an arrangement of part of Vivalid’s famous “Four Seasons”.

Movements 1 & 4 from Duet No. 4 by Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer and was known as the “Father of the Symphony” and the “Father of the String Quartet”. Lesser known, however, he also wrote a series of flute duets. The first movement from his duet no. 4 for 2 flutes contains lovely melodic phrases, and the fourth movement has a much lighter and playful feel.

Within by Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke is a British flautist and composer who is held in high regard amongst flute players internationally. His works are best known for their improvisatory feel and use of many extended techniques on the flute. This piece is written for 7 flutes (including piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute), and contains many of these extended techniques such as singing-and-playing. The extended use of breath sounds add to the pieces still, almost breathless feel.