| PREFACE
This arrangement of Mozart’s SONATA IN G, K.283/189h, provides the flute and harp repertoire with a significant composition from the Classical era.
The sonata is the last in a set of five that Mozart likely began in Salzburg and completed in Munich in 1775. The most polished and sophisticated of the set, it remains among the most popular of what Mozart called his “difficult sonatas,” distinguishing these works from his earlier solo keyboard sonatas. The sonata was not published during Mozart’s lifetime, first appearing as part of the 1799 Breitkopf edition of Mozart’s works.
In transcribing the piano sonata for flute and harp, we aimed to express the stylistic intent of the keyboard original, using various editions of the work as our guide for historical accuracy. Because Mozart’s slurs indicate phrasing on an 18th-century piano, our slight adaptations of slurs occasionally vary from Mozart’s piano notation, to make the music idiomatic for modern flute and harp. In addition, articulations have been made consistent for parallel passages.
The few added dynamics are indicated by parentheses. Contrasting dynamics in the flute and harp, or between voices within the harp (e.g. Mvt. I, mm. 35-37), are deliberately planned to emphasize important lines or to achieve optimal balance between the two instruments. |
Sue Ann Kahn, flutist
is known for her virtuosic and sensitive performances of music of all periods. She was honored with one of the first Solo Recitalist Fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts in recognition of her outstanding gifts as a flutist and received the American New Music Consortium Award for distinguished performances of contemporary music. Ms. Kahn has commissioned, premiered, and recorded the works of American composers as diverse as George Crumb, Ralph Shapey, Peter Schickele, George Rochberg, and Tania Léon as soloist and as a member of the Jubal Trio. She won the coveted Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award as a member of the Jubal Trio, and she performs with the Trio, the League-ISCM Chamber Players, the Kahn/Willis duo, and other ensembles in major concert halls throughout the United States.
Ms. Kahn has received critical acclaim for her solo and chamber recordings for CRI, MMG, Vox-Candide, New World, Capstone, Albany, and other labels. Her most recent recording is of the complete Mozart quartets for flute and strings (2006).
Ms. Kahn served as President of the National Flute Association in 2005, and she has been consistently active as an advocate for the flute and its music. Previously Professor of Music at Bennington College, Ms. Kahn teaches flute and chamber music at Mannes College of Music, in the Music Performance Program at Columbia University, at New York University, and gives master classes nationwide. She directs the Preparatory Division at Mannes, and she performs and coaches chamber music at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East every summer. |
Susan Jolles, harpist
has enjoyed a long and varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, teacher, and arranger. A founding member of the Naumburg Award winning Jubal Trio, she also appears with daughter, Renee, violinist, as the Jolles Duo. Ms. Jolles is a member of the American Composers Orchestra, Musica Viva, and The Little Orchestra Society, and is associate harpist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Past affiliations include the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, The Group For Contemporary Music, The New York Chamber Symphony, and The Julliard Ensemble. She also appears regularly with North/South Consonance and the Encores Orchestra.
Ms. Jolles has been associated with contemporary music since receiving a Fromm Fellowship in contemporary music performance in 1963. She has premiered and recorded the works of such composers as Luciano Berio, Hans Werner Henze, George Crumb, Charles Wuorinen, and Phillip Glass. She has also commissioned many composers for the Jubal Trio and the Jolles Duo.
Susan Jolles has an extensive discography that encompasses a full range of musical genres including classical, klezmer, jazz, cabaret, and Broadway, recording with such diverse artists as David Diamond, John Cage, Giora Feidman, Kenny Garrett, James Galway, and Barbara Cook. She has recently recorded three albums of original flute and harp music with flutist Laurel Zucker.
Ms. Jolles is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music where she teaches harp as well as orchestral repertory and chamber music. |
