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Fenwick Smith

Fenwick Smith, second flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since l978, has spent five of those years as acting assistant principal flute. A member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1984, he has also performed on Baroque flute with Boston’s leading early-music ensembles, and was for thirteen years a member of the contemporary-music ensemble Boston Musica Viva. Mr. Smith often includes chamber music on his annual Jordan Hall recitals which, after thirty three seasons, are a prominent feature of Boston’s concert calendar. As a concerto soloist Mr. Smith has introduced to Boston audiences Lukas Foss’ Renaissance Concerto and the flute concertos of John Harbison and Christopher Rouse. His adventuresome discography includes première recordings of works by Copland, Foote, Gaubert, Ginastera, Koechlin, Dahl, Schulhoff, Schoenberg, Harbison, Cage, Pinkham, Rorem, and Reinecke. Mr. Smith teaches at the New England Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center; during his 1997 - 98 sabbatical leave from the BSO he was also Visiting Professor of Flute at the University of Michigan. In 2001 he was the recipient of New England Conservatory’s Laurence Lesser Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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	Erwin Schulhoff: Sonata, Concertino These two brilliant and characterful pieces were issued on a Northeastern CD (since deleted) entitled “Silenced Voices – Victims of the Holocaust.” In Schulhoff’s Sonata for flute and piano I am joined by Sally Pinkas, and in the Concertino for flute/piccolo, viola and double bass by Boston Symphony colleagues Mark Ludwig and Edwin Barker. Recordings funded by the Terezin Chamber Music Foundation; musicians’ royalties from sales through this website will be contributed to the Foundation. Copyright Northeastern Records. View CD

	Virgil Thomson: Rapsodico, Duo for flute and violin These little-known pieces were issued on a Northeastern CD (since deleted) entitled “Virgil Thomson: Portraits & Self Portraits.” The first piece, “Rapsodico” for flute alone, is the first movement of Thomson’s Concerto for Flute. The second is his Serenade for flute and violin, a typically witty and succinct suite of five brief movements. Copyright Tony Tommasini. View CD

	C.P.E. Bach: the five Sonatas for flute and obbligato harpsichord C.P.E. Bach, the best-known of J.S. Bach’s many musical offspring, wrote prolifically and exuberantly for the flute. Besides his many sonatas with continuo, he composed these five sonatas for flute and obbligato harpsichord; W. 83 in D, W. 84 in E, W. 85 in G, W. 86 in G, and W.87 in C. In these endlessly inventive pieces I am joined by harpsichordist Edwin Swanborn. Originally issued on a Revere Records CD (since deleted). Reproduced by permission. View CD

	Arnold Schoenberg Sonata op. 26 This is Schoenberg's Woodwind Quintet op. 26, arranged for high instrument and piano; the publisher provides parts for flute, violin, and clarinet. Schoenberg’s son-in-law, Felix Greissle made the transcription in close collaboration with Schoenberg himself. Pianist Randall Hodgkinson and I were fortunate to be in touch with Greissle as we prepared our performances and this recording; he was able to give us much insight and inspiration before his death in 1982. View CD

	John Harbison: Duo for flute and piano John Harbison’s Duo was lost for many years, and I have no recollection of how I came to have a manuscript copy of it. After pianist Randall Hodgkinson and I played it to him, Harbison agreed to let us perform his youthful effort on our 1987 Jordan Hall recital. This recording was issued on an Archetype CD (since deleted). Reproduced by permission. View CD

	Ned Rorem: Chamber Music with Flute View CD

	Carl Reinecke: Sextet and Octet for winds, "From the Cradle to the Grave" for flute and piano View CD

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Gieseking Sonatine movement 2 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Vowels for voice, alto flute and handbell Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Sonata da Camera for flute/alto flute and viola Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Nocturnes for flute and guitar Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Missa Domestica for voice, flute and guitar Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Gieseking Var. 7-9 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Elegy for alto flute Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Gieseking Variations for fl. and piano: Theme and Var. 1-3 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Gieseking Sonatine movement 3 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Gieseking Sonatine for fl. and piano movement 1 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Gieseking Var. 4-6 Walter Gieseking	Add to Cart
Pinkham: Miracles for flute and organ Daniel Pinkham	Add to Cart
Ibert: Two Interludes for flute, violin & harp Jacques Ibert	Add to Cart
Faure: Sicilienne op.78 for flute, viola & harp Gabriel Faure	Add to Cart
Nielsen: Three Pieces op 41 for flute, viola and harp Carl Nielsen	Add to Cart