NOTE: Please acknowledge the authorship of these program notes by Jose Elizondo, the composer, if you use them for publicity material, concert program notes, or any other publication.

 

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·                  Sefika’s Menuetto

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·                  El Minueto de Sefika

 

 

·        Commission: Dedicated to Turkish flutist Sefika Kutluer

·        Duration: 8:30 minutes

·        Mood: lyrical, romantic

·        Premiere: This piece was premiered by Sefika Kutluer in her album “Latin Romance”. Sefika was accompanied by the Bratislava Strings Orchestra, conducted by Marian Lejava. The recording took place on 2013 in Slovakia.

 

Program Notes by José Elizondo:

 

Şefika’s Menuetto is a sweet and lyrical piece. The composer chose musical material he had written during some of the most memorable moments of his life, revisiting and reinterpreting it to create an amalgamated canvas upon which he could present new flute melodies, created for Sefika Kutluer, that are at times playful and uplifting, and at times nostalgic and more meditative.