The Nightingale

"The Nightingale" Flute and Clarinet duet with Piano is in Barcarolle tempo and in ternary form. Written in 6/8 time in concert E minor, I wanted the lilting tempo in the outer sections to have a medieval minor tone, to work with the contrasting major section in the middle. I very much wanted it to be an instrumental duet where one part is no harder than the other- so the parts are pretty equally divided. It is romantic in nature, but uses modes and has a few interesting harmonies. It is placed at early early intermediate level, about associated board grade 4/5- dotted quaver semiquaver is the most complicated rhythm). The youtube link has the full score for you to assess suitability. It would be very suitable for concerts, contests, recitals, weddings as well as an incidental piece. There are 2 instrumental pages per part and the piano part has 6 pages- 5 minutes in length ( Flute duet, Clarinet duet, Alto Sax duet and Violin duet are also available)