JAZZROCK SONATA No.1

for Flute & Piano 1982

“Dedicated to Peter Lynch (Chapel Digital)”

David Hellewell

This work was the second of the Instrumental “Rock Sonatas”, composed in the 1980’s, following the six Rock Sonatas for solo piano. It is a virtuoso work for both instruments, of some 16 minutes duration, and is an early example of Hellewell’s particular fusion of jazz, rock and classical idioms to create his new ‘multi-dimensional’ music.

The piece plays continuously, and lasts some 16 minutes. There are many varied and diverse sections as indicated by sub-titles such as: Classical Rock; Jazz-Funk; Swinging Baroque; Baroque Jazz; Classical-Blues flute cadenza - fully written-out, but may be improvised; a passionate and dynamic Piano Song Cadenza; Gentle Interlude; Passion Song a la Russe (in beguine rhythm); Grosse Funk! Eine Kleine Jazz-Musik!; and ending with a Medieval Boogie Blues.

The work has been played many times, and had great success with audiences and players alike. It was performed at the 1992 London International Flute Convention presented by The British Flute Society, and at the 1993 Bournemouth International Festival by Karen Jones (fl.) and Paul Searle Barnes (pno.).

An earlier flute and piano work of Hellewell’s, Metamusic , a complex avant garde work , was chosen as the outstanding flute publication of 1976 by the American Flute Association.