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This is a list of notable flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known. Western Classical. Richard Adeney; Egidius Aerts;
Galway was born in North Belfast as one of two brothers. His father, who played the flute, was employed at the Harland & Wolff shipyard until the end of the Second World War and spent night-shifts cleaning buses after the war, while his mother, a pianist, was a winder in a flax-spinning mill.
Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315 (1778) Carl Maria von Weber: Romanza siciliana for flute and orchestra in G minor, J. 47 (1805) [3] Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance for flute and orchestra in D-flat major, Op. 37 (1871) Odelette for flute and orchestra in D major, Op. 162 (1920) [4]
Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives. [1] The number of performances and last performance date listed may not be current as numbers change with new productions.
In the final movement "The Children's March," the soloist switches from flute to tin whistle as he begins lure the town's children away; for this movement, a group of child performers hidden amongst the audience begin to play and eventually follow the Piper onto the stage and out of the performance hall, leaving the sorrowful orchestra behind. [1]
At the age of 22, Bennett started working in his first principal flute position in the BBC Northern Orchestra (now the BBC Philharmonic). [1] He played with major British orchestras, including Sadlers Wells Opera, the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra [4] and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Gilbert was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Ernest Gilbert, an oboist, and his wife Jessie, née Thomas, a teacher. [1] [2] At the age of fourteen he won scholarships to Liverpool College of Music [3] and the Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM), and joined the Hallé and the Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras two years later. [4]
Marcel Moyse ([mÉ”iz]; [1] May 17, 1889, in St. Amour, France – November 1, 1984, in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States) was a French flautist.Moyse studied at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Philippe Gaubert, Adolphe Hennebains, and Paul Taffanel; all of whom were flute virtuosos in their time. [2]