NOTE FLAUTATE

In France women composers took a great interest in the flute as a solo instrument. In composing concertante pieces or chamber music for the instrument, they covered an area that had largely been disregarded by their male colleagues, and found in flautists strong supporters of their art. Here, Juliette Hurel and Hélène Couvert, champions of this repertoire, reveal the secrets of compositions by Clémence de Granval, Cécile Chaminade, Mel Bonis, Augusta Holmès and Lili Boulanger.