Selected Duets For Flute Podcast

Selected Duets for Flute, Page 47 Number 1, Allegro, performed by David Summer. This pretty duet is by the baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann. Telemann was an extremely prolific composer who wrote many excellent works for the flute, including a beautiful series of duets and a number of flute sonatas. The Guinness Book of World Records credits Telemann as being the most prolific composer of all time. Largely self-taught, Telemann was a highly regarded composer during his lifetime, even more so than his contemporary, JS Bach. Telemann's "Flute Sonata in F major" is a favorite of mine. It's a bright, happy sounding piece that I often use in performance. I sometimes use selections from Telemann's "Suite in a minor" in performance as well. Only the first repeat is taken in this performance and the metronome setting is quarter note = 92.