Divertimento for Flute - ML01250207 | Music

Commissioned by the "Band und Blue" Club, an alumni organization consisting of former members of the Middle Tennessee States University Band in honor of the long time director of this group, Joseph T. Smith, the "Divertimento for Flute and Wind orchestra" was completed in the fall of 1996 for performance at the annual Wind Ensemble Conference sponsored by this institution. The first performance was by the Tennessee Valley Winds, a community group directed by Mr. Smith since his retirement from the university, on February 7th, 1997, with its concertmistress, Ms Cindy McNeal, as soloist, under the composer's direction.

Although cast in the form of a single movement, the music is devided into two parts, a lyrical introduction followed by a light scherzando in varying rhythmic meters throughout. Towards the close, some melodic elements of the first section are brought back in slightly different form, blending with the thematic material of the second round off the form and lead the music to a logical and satisfying conclusion...with the soloist having the opportunity of displaying virtually all aspects of contemporary flute performance: from the purely lyrical to technically virtuoso level, al set off against the other wind colors of the modern wind orchestra.