Solo Flute Sonata No. 2

I. Largo; Vivace II. Cantabile e misterioso III. Agitato GIRTAIN duration: 12 minutes

This Second Sonata for Solo Flute was commissioned during a casual meeting at a gas station restaurant over coffee and salad, with my daughter Alma tugging at my shirt while Juan Bautista and I discussed current and future projects as I prepared to leave the country. Juan, a dear friend and a passionate advocate for composers in southern Chile, granted me complete creative freedom. However, his enthusiasm for my First Sonata naturally led me to shape this piece as a modern interpretation of the classical sonata. Inspired by the silences and dramatic variety found in Telemann’s Fantasies, the work fully explores the expressive capabilities of the western concert flute.