Four Impromptus for flute by M Journeau
Reference EAL 526
Four Impromptus for Flute by Maurice JOURNEAU 8 p +4
Level : difficult
Maurice JOURNEAU was born in 1898 in the Basque Country, in Biarritz. He is the author of works for piano, organ, chamber music and orchestra.
His music, very close to that of Ravel, began to be discovered by many artists and by the general public during the 1990s. A regular discography followed, allowing a wider diffusion of his works for piano and strings.
Maurice Journeau passed away in 1999, having witnessed the rise of his music. He leaves us a beautiful repertoire of about 75 works and numerous arrangements.
Until then, Maurice Journeau's writing for chamber music was very much marked by the alliance of strings and piano, but from 1949 to 1955 it underwent an instrumental renewal. This was due to the composer's interest in certain wind instruments: oboe, flute, bassoon, and even the rare oboe d'amore and the English horn in his quartet for double reeds. A daring attempt at a time when radio was still indifferent to them... This parenthesis of a few years will know a final revival in 1984, this last year of writing including a work for clarinet. It is in this musical context that the "Four Impromptus for flute" (and piano) op.35 were composed in 1951. They were given their first performance at the Salle Cortot in Paris in 1958.
(Ch.Virlet-Journeau)