Senior Recital - Dylan King, flute

As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I There Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by No pipe did hum, no battle drum did sound its loud tattoo But the Angelus Bell o'er the Liffey's swell rang out in the foggy dew The third setting, "Parizade", is based roughly on the story "Parizade and the Singing Tree" from the Arabic folk song collection "One Thousand and One Nights". This movement uses the alto flute to play variations on Masmoudi, an Arabic drum rhythm. The flute carries the rhythm under and oyer the soprano while she narrates the hero's story. The archaic tut has been altered to accommodate better clarity and ease of singing. Parizade's quest for the items Three Burned bright like the desert sun But after all have failed She treks to the highest peak Awaits the dark terrain Covered with ebony stone Shrouded with the cacophony The Ghost of the Fallen But the Princesse proved her mettle And claimed her treasures at the mountain top - Notes from the Composer A NIGHT PIECE Arthur Foote did not begin music lessons until he was twelve years old. He made up for lost time rapidly, however, entering Harvard five years later to study both music and law. He directed the Harvard Glee Club, and in 1875 earned the first Master of Arts degree in music awarded by an American university. After graduation he established a private studio in Boston, where he was also organist at the First Unitarian Church for 32 years. A founding member of the American Guild of Organists and the organization's president for four years, Foote was a prominent American composer of the "Second New England School" in a time dominated by European music. A Night Piece speaks of late German chromatic Romanticism with a French accent. The work is a rhapsodic fantasy, with sections led by the flute or strings alone. The lyric beauty of the piece is framed with a darker, more urgent undertone. DIVERTIMENTO French composer Jean Francaix (1912 - 1997) was born into a musical family. His precocious gifts were recognized by Ravel who wrote to Francaix's father "among the child's gifts I observe above all the most fruitful an artist can posses, that or curiosity!" An excellent pianist, Francaix often performed his own works. As a composer, his output was rich and diverse, consisting of more than 200 works altogether, including almost mr/ instrumental combination of chamber music. His neo-Classical style rejected atonality in favor of music that was light and witty. Francaix brought a welcome air of freshness to contemporary music. The Divertimento, written for world-famous flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, is characterized by brilliance and facility and genres such as jazz are reflected in this vibrant display of instrumental writing. STETSON UNIVERSITY School of Music SENIOR RECITAL Dylan King, flute Studio of Jean West In collaboration with Tammy Miller, piano Saturday, April 26, 2014 | 4:30 p.m. Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall UNIVERSITY School of Music 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8399 | DeLand, FL 32723 stetson.edu/music | concert line 386.822.8947