Sonata for Flute and Guitar Op.25 (1988)

c. 15'00"

I.Adagio commodo (listen to sample)
II. Presto (listen to sample)

Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition

First performance: 15 March 1989 St. Paul's Chapel, NYC
Paula Robison,flute; Eliot Fisk, guitar.

Dedicated to Paula Robison and Eliot Fisk

Published by Theodore Presser Co. #114-40463

Recordings:
Koch International Classics | Alexa Still, flute
Naxos | Alexandra Hawley, flute | Jeffrey McFadden, guitar
New Classical Adventure # 9912847-215 | Elisabeth Riessbeck, flute | Klaus Jäckle, guitar

Reviews:
"It is a dark and mysterious two movement piece. 'Nocturne' has a lyrical and ornate flute line with delicate, shimmering guitar arpeggios, 'Allegro,' a fast perpetual motion with intricate contrapuntal lines, sweeping arpeggios and dramatic strumming effects."

Scott Cmiel, San Francisco Classical Voice

"...a most musically rewarding pairing...Lowell Liebermann's Sonata for Flute opens with a blissfully ruminative Nocturne, an atmosphere that dissipates immediately with the start of the nervously dancing Allegro finale."

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