MITCHAM, DAVID: Flautissimo

A suite of three pieces for flute choir in six parts with an optional Alto Flute part. Flautissimo opens with Busy Bossa a slightly tongue-in-cheek bossa nova. Great fun to be had fitting this one together rhythmically. The middle movement is Time Slipping By. This is a tender, melancholy tune which is effortlessly passed around the ensemble. The finale is the quirky Mind the Steppe - Russian Rondo. Each return of the theme gets progressively wilder and there is even a short Russian Winter to contend with in the middle!