Legend has it that French composer Cecile Chaminade made her Flute Concertino in D major a finger killer — stuffed full of speedy runs, daring leaps and syncopated solos — for the usual reason: ...

There is a most beautiful piece of music for flute with piano that boasts an amazing back story. Its strikingly graceful and elegant melodic lines meld the evocative with the technically challenging.

The convention of referring to classical composers by their surname alone does little to disguise the fact that they are, overwhelmingly, male. Contemporary social circumstances would have had a lot ...

Ceòl Cécile Chaminade: Concertino in D major for Flute, Op 107 air BBC Philharmonic Orchestra ...