For alto recorder
Review in American Recorder Society magazine : "Air is a fast and virtuosic piece, chock full of extended techniques and textures. A key to many extended notational elements is provided in the preface. After a dramatic introduction (which returns as the coda), the majority of the piece employs fast, flowing figurations that intersperse muffled tones and tongue slaps with normal playing.
3 - 5 mn. Difficult
Air from geraldine dubois on Vimeo.
For tenor recorder
Review in American Recorder Society magazine : "T'so is a slow and largely quiet meditation, in which one moves to all notes by means of gentle slides/glissandi. The result is modal melodic line with an oozing character. Multiphonics are called for in several places, but the specific choice is left up to the performer"
For one flutist playing simultaneously soprano and alto recorder.
The title refers to an ancient Greek instrument made of two reed pipes.
Extended techniques are kept to a minimum in this brief work, but quarter tones are employed, for which fingerings are provided.
