Flute / Guitar Duet
 

Does anyone know of any decent classical guitar / flute duets?

What, like Stairway to Heaven?

I can't think of any original flute/guitar compositions but I know of a book that has a selection of beautiful arrangements for flute and classical guitar. It may not be what you're looking for exactly, but you might want to check it out anyways :)

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MELODIES FOR FLUTE AND GUITAR - Elderly Instruments

It's interesting you ask this, because just a couple days ago my dad heard a duet he really loved at a concert. The piece, by Astor Piazzolla, was played by flute and classical guitar...although the music is modern, since Piazzolla lived in the 1990s and composed mostly tangos using a lot of counterpoint and dissonance, it appears: Ástor Piazzolla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Burning Down, have you ever played any compositions by Piazzolla? This piece is very playful and light.

"Bordel 1900 - Tango" by Astor Piazzolla for Flute and Guitar:

Flute / Guitar duets?! Well, err, okay :p:.

Villa-lobos composed many a guitar piece (of course!), but there are a couple of ones with flutes as well -

YouTube - Kaori Fujii & Eric Cecil: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, H. Villa-Lobos

Pavane (op. 50) by Gabriel Faure can feature a guitar/flute too -

YouTube - Pavane op. 50 Gabriel Fauré

I'm pretty sure there are a couple of Bach pieces as well, but my brain doesn't seem to remember at this moment :\.

Hi, nice piece! I love Piazzolla's south american & modern flavour and this was no exception. A pretty clean recording too, I must say.

I thought so, too! I'd never heard it before this week. Do you play flute or guitar? I wouldn't think many average non-flute or non-guitar people would be able to come up with some flute/guitar songs like you did so quickly!

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No not really. I can play the guitar to a certain extent, but its more-so a hobby. Never really tried anything professional. Having said that, most of my information comes from books - and I do have a compulsive behavior to buy many classical cds at a time.

Anyways, here's a Rodrigo piece as well :) -

YouTube - Rodrigo: Serenata al Alba del DÃ*a

Not the best recording though (I suppose it was recorded by one in the audience).

A beautiful, restful piece, this first one! And the second flute-guitar duet is gentle and somber.

Being a compulsive classical cd buyer would explain your familiarity with this lovely music! :) I had heard none of it before, so I enjoyed listening, especially since I have a flute and have been meaning to practice to learn to play better.

What would be your favorite flute piece/passage amongst all of classical music? (sorry for the sidebar, but thought I'd take a moment since the original poster hasn't replied back yet :p:)

Oh rondo, I'm afraid I can't answer that because my familiarity with classical flute pieces is so limited...and I can't remember names of pieces or composers well, either. :(

My knowledge of classical music is mostly limited to music I play in an orchestra as a violin player. I have shreds of flute passages floating through my head, but I can't remember what piece they were in or who composed them!

I hope Burning Down or someone else who is very knowledgeable about classical music will be able to give you a good opinion, because I wish I could! Your question is an interesting one.

I do like the flute (and violin!) passages in Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun very much, though! :D (I *had* actually heard that piece before listening to it again in your Impressionistic music thread.)

Maybe I'll cheat and ask my dad what HIS favorite flute pieces/passages are...he may remember many more than I do! I'll also try listening to some of the ones Burning Down mentions earlier.

Oh, I was merely curious :)! I find it a lot more interesting to listen to what others like and why they like it (although most threads over here seems to be a 'request' of some sorts :(). I'm also guessing that you like listening to music as and when they come by (such as a youtube video) rather than to collect in excessive amounts like myself? Because I've come across a person who is very knowledgeable, but isn't of the type to pursue and collect every work by an artist/composer and hence, doesn't seem to remember the names but can identify a lot of music.

This is exactly correct, rondo! I dally in listening to songs rather than being a collector of whole albums. So, MusicBanter for me is very useful, because I can scroll through and listen to a variety of youtube videos, learning about music I might never have heard...or can't remember the name of. ;) However, I miss out on appreciating the flow of a whole album or composition, which is the downside.

Part of the issue may be that since most of the free time that I have set aside for music is spent making it (or listening to snatches of it while doing computer work), I just haven't put the ear-work into listening. Maybe I just prefer to do something actively rather than absorb something, if that makes sense. And maybe since I put my directed attention in other areas of my life, I like to be flightly when it comes to listening to music! Purchasing or collecting a whole album feels like commitment; I like some area of my life to be free. (This has been my "music psychoanalysis" of myself. What role does music play in your life?)

I am still puzzling over flute passages or pieces I like. My father wasn't able to think of any, so I'm on my own! So, I listened to some composers online and decided I prefer flute songs in which the flute is played langorously to stir emotions rather than quickly to impress people.

Here's a flute piece by Gaubert that I like because I feel it is sweetly sad. The song feels like the fragility and beauty of a child's life to me. Wikipedia says, "As a composer, Gaubert was by no means an innovator, but his work benefited from the examples of Franck, Ravel and Debussy." I guess I'd agree with that, since I hear a Debussy quality. You might like it because it has an impressionistic feeling...I assume this, at least, based on the paintings chosen by someone for the video! :p:

Gaubert - Music for Flute and Piano

Now that you've asked, I've never given that an honest thought :p:. I'll get back to that later.

It's a bit more tonal than I thought. I liked the simplicity of this piece: Music for piano & flute - pretty much self-explanatory! Never heard the name before though. Actually speaking, my preferences still lean towards melodious ((?) forgive my lack of music vocabulary) compositions of the Baroque/Classical/Romantic era.

Bach for example, always has an answer for anything with regards to classical music :D. His 'Partita' is entirely dedicated to the flute, and has the typical Baroque flavor which I thought you might like :). (I've never thought of Bach as an inventor - but more so, the best representation of his era).

YouTube - J. S. Bach - Partita (sonata) For Solo Flute in A Minor BWV 1013 - IV Bourrée angalise

His 'Musical Offering' (BWV1079) has some wondrous flute passages as well (although I'm not able to pinpoint at this moment).

Anyways, with regards to this thread, here's a more modern composition, which does in fact, feature a guitar & flute (if the original poster ever gets around to listening :D) -

'Toward the Sea' by Toru Takemitsu.

YouTube - Toward the Sea 1.night

It's composed of three movements - and this is the first.

Yes, the Bach Partita for flute sounds very similar to a lot of the music he wrote. It kind of wanders along, like someone strolling by a stream...without strong feeling other than a pleasant gaiety. My dad would like this very much! I probably would prefer flute pieces more from the romantic period, is my guess.

Excellent find! I've had trouble finding flute-guitar duets online. This first movement of the Toru Takemitsu piece definitely sounds modern and a little eerie. Not so melodious. My guess is it isn't your favorite? I still prefer Gaubert - Music for Flute and Piano, because it makes me want to cry! Maybe I'll go put it in the "songs that make you cry thread."

Try Gary Schocker's Dream Travels. I played it at my grad recital and loved it.

I have never encountered anything guitar duets flute. All I could do would be to google I am sure you've already done, so do not give new information. However, I can give you a site that may have what you need if it is only now under construction. Hope this helps.