by Eileen Gilligan | Oct 9, 2024 | Pieces
Evening Primrose “Yoimachigusa” by Tadasuke Ono Background This version of Yoimachigusa (Evening Primrose) has been my favourite recording of Marcel Moyse for a very long time. His impromptu variations are inspirational. The recording encapsulates...
by Eileen Gilligan | Sep 23, 2024 | Pieces
Flute Sonata in A minor hwv 362 Larghetto by George Frideric Handel Eileen Gilligan Flute Daniel Le Piano – George Frideric Handel – Sonata in A minor Larghetto The Handel A Minor HWV 362 to me is one of his most beautiful. Originally written for recorder...
by Eileen Gilligan | Sep 10, 2024 | Pieces
Habanera by Maurice Ravel Eileen Gilligan Flute Daniel Le Piano – Maurice Ravel – Habanera Maurice Ravel was born in 1875 and is one of my absolute favourite composers. There is something so magical about the Impressionist period in music. Colour and...
by Eileen Gilligan | Aug 24, 2024 | Pieces
Ashitaka and San by Joe Hisaishi Eileen Gilligan Flute Daniel Le Piano – Joe Hisaishi – Ashitaka and San Expressing hope and love in tone and performance. How do we develop the skill set of empathy and deep thought behind our practice. Ashitaka and San is...
by Eileen Gilligan | Aug 11, 2024 | Pieces
Nocturne by Lili Boulanger Lili Boulanger was a French composer and the younger sister of composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. A Parisian born child prodigy, Boulanger’s talent was apparent at the age of two, when Gabriel Fauré, a friend of the...
by Eileen Gilligan | Jul 25, 2024 | Pieces
The Gadfly Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Suite by Dmitri Shostakovich was written for the 1955 Soviet film The Gadfly. It is an epic story of faith, tragedy, revolution, romance, and heroism and based on a novel of the same name by Ethel Voynich. The...
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