Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Programme Note
Duo was commissioned by seventy pupils and friends of the celebrated flutist William Kincaid after his death in 1967. Copland described it as lyrical and in a pastoral style. "Lyricism seems to be built into the flute," he wrote. Duo is in three movements. "The whole is a work of comparatively simple harmonic and melodic outline, direct in expression. Being aware that many of the flutists who were responsible for commissioning the piece would want to play it, I tried to make it grateful for the performer...it requires a good player." The piece has become a standard in the repertoire of flutists worldwide and is also available in a version for violin and piano.
-Vivian Perlis, 1998
