The flutist must recognise these sonic references, which are the key to a fluid dialogue because on each one he will change the instrumental fragments.
The flutist and the electroacoustic real-time performer have to listen to each other and also to the third non-real-time part on fixed media.
Reflecting on a flute sound ' devoid of expression', he contemplates the possibility that the flutist, unlike the lamenting clarinettist, or the soulful violinist, routinely plays dead.
There are some places were the flutist has no aleatoric choices, at the beginning, at the end of the piece, and also others acting as articulation between sections.
Younger flutists assiduously studied and tried to copy his approaches to tonguing, fingering, embouchure (the position of the lips on the mouthpiece) and breathing.
A rich widow flirts with a merchant, is discovered by her lover, faints, and is revived by the flutist's music.
He is widely regarded as a master flutist and a major representative of the choro genre.
His flutes are collected and played by flutists all over the world.
