The names Hugues and Kohler, even to the most expert musicologists, conjure up an image of Nordic scientists who instill fear and mystery. Instead, these men were simply flutists and concert artists, as well as composers in 19th-century Italy\u2014certainly not minor figures, but still virtually unknown.
\nTogether with other flutists of the time, they are considered to be the true initiators of a budding professionalism in the area of performance pedagogy.
\nThey played music which they themselves composed, but were also the dedicatees of many world premieres.
\nLuigi Hugues, a mild-mannered man with a variegated and thorough culture, distinguished himself in his works for flute and piano by his clear and sweet style.
\nThe long phrases are quite demanding for the flutist and highlight a lyricism \u201ccontaminated\u201d by the operatic repertoire, though the composer refrains from utilizing classic paraphrases of popular operas.
\nThe refined interpretation of the duo underscores clear contrasts in which Italian passion is invariably present without ever boring the listener.
\nE. Kohler, on the other hand, was a Mason (like a majority of artists) who separated cultivated flute-playing from dilettante band music.
\nThis ideology of the Risorgimento left the masses behind, ignorant and above all disoriented.
\nE. Kohler\u2019s writing, with its greater technical demands, contrasts with the melodic linearity of Hugues.
\nEven the minor key of the concerto is permeated by a strong character and evident \u00e9lan. The cadenza of the Adagio, in particular, from the collection of Studi di Virtuosit\u00e0 op. 75, contains chromatic and virtuosic progressions with herald the next century.
\nOne should listen to these seven pieces attentively in order to enter into the distant world, still lying in the shadows of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa\u2019s Gattopardo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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