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.
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"
