Simon Balicourt

Sonata 1 opens with a movement marked 'Sostenuto' and expresses to perfection the melancholy gracefulness associated with B minor. A vivacious Allegro follows, kaleidoscopic in its ever-changing rhyth...

In Sonata 3 in F major the opening Largo is styled as a 'Siciliana', an especially common type of movement in the flute repertory on account of the instrument's pastoral associations. The following Sp...

Sonata 7 in D major opens with a sunny Andante that nevertheless has a poignant moment just before the end. The technically challenging Allegro moderato that follows bounces along airily, throwing out...

Sonata 1 in D major opens with a Larghetto full of the rhetorical kind of expression one associates with Handel. It is followed by a busy Allegro and a concise Tempo di Minuetto movement that celebrat...

The Andante opening Sonata 3, in D minor, demonstrates Balicourt's mastery of a lyricism that is entirely natural and elegant without ever becoming bland. The vivacious Allegro that follows has an end...

Sonata 5, in A major, is the only work in the set to feature the classic three-movement design in its symmetrical fast-slow-fast configuration. The opening Vivace makes considerable demands on the fla...

In Sonata 7, in D major, Balicourt opens with a suave, intricately rhythmic Adagio. The following Presto, with its delightful interplay between flute and bass, including both octave doubling and stret...

Simon Balicourt (1706-1757), during a London career that lasted from 1735 (the year he arrived from the Continent) until his death, was a leading flautist and flute composer. He left two sets of flute...

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