High Performance Flute

This book bridges the gap between beginners and pupils of the central stage with the basis of well-known melodies, jazz pieces, studies and opera cutouts. Fastidious material will help energize the pupil reach their first concert. To play the flute correctly and with exacting purpose is not simple, but this wonderful book and CD will make it possible and fun! In German and English. This volume contains more than 80 pieces which are ranged in difficulty from easy to challenging. The selection of the pieces move through all musical eras, ranging from baroque to classical to jazz and gospel. Here comes a small selection: The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, "Solveig's Song" by E. Grieg, the Prisoners' Chorus from "Nabucco" by G. Verdi or the overture from The Marriage of Figaro by WA Mozart. Famous compositions from the baroque period by JS Bach, GP Telemann or GF Handel are available, as from the Romantic period by R. Schumann, A. Dvo ák and E. Grieg with a piece from the Peer Gynt Suite.

Robert Winn is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and was principal flautist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 1997. From 1994 to 1997 he served as a Professor of Flute at the Franz-Liszt-Academy in Weimar, Germany and in 1998 he became Professor of Flute at the College of Music in Cologne, Germany.