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High Flight for flute – Preview (400 kB)<\/p>\n

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Notes<\/h2>\n

The music of High Flight<\/strong> for flute strives to catch the joy and sense of freedom of flying. The melodic line floats over the cloud tops and swoops up and down in an aviator’s ballet. At the end, the flutist brings the audience to a feeling of transcendance, paralleling the poet-pilot’s words “[I] put out my hand, and touched the face of God.”<\/p>\n

The music has a limited amount of extended techniques, specifically tone-bending in the low register.<\/p>\n

Part of Pamela\u2019s Poetry-Inspired Music collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The poem “High Flight” by John Gillespie Magee has inspired both aviators and astronauts. Read the poem<\/a> and read the author’s Wikipedia biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen<\/h2>\n

Here are several listening options.<\/p>\n