Sonata
for Flute and Piano
for Tim Hagen
I)
Brash and
cheerful
II)
Delicately at first, with passion
III) Playfully
maniacal
IV) Contemplative and forlorn
V) Aggressively, manic
Timothy
Hagen, flute
Ben Corbin, piano
This
sonata is dedicated to flutist Timothy Hagen. In 2011, Tim premiered
one of my scherzos for flute and piano:
he liked it but thought it was
too short, and commissioned me to write him a sonata similar to that. I
took this literally
and based the sonata around that scherzo (it is the
3rd movement).