C. Debussy: Syrinx for flute solo. Vincent LUCAS

Описание: Vincent Lucas, flute
recorded at Temple Sainte Marcel, Paris in July 2009 by indeSENS.
This publication was possible by courtesy of Vincent Lucas.

C. Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute was written in 1913 and is considered as the first solo flute piece composed for Böhm’s system flute since it’s development in 1847. Originally titled “La Flute de Pan” the piece was intended as incidental music for Gabriel Mourey’s play Psyche. The composition was dedicated to Louis Fleury who premiered it on November 1, 1913, at the Louis Mors theatre for the first performance of Psyche. Fleury kept playing the piece from the manuscript which lacked even a bar line or phrase marking and kept it that way till his death. When finally, the piece was published in 1926 the title was changed to Syrinx to avoid confusion with another composition of Debussy with the same title.
However, the most contemporary version of Syrinx was edited by Marcel Moyse who made all the markings now widely accepted and played. The name of Syrinx comes from the nymph Syrinx which, to avoid amorous pursuit of Pan, the god of the wild and shepherds, turns herself into a water reed to hide. Having lost his desired nymph, Pan decides to cut the reeds and make pan pipes to express his sadness.