Flauto Oscuro was originally composed as an alto saxophone piece (obviously under a different title). It was written while I was still a student to fulfill a commission from Rikk Stone for the American Saxophone Project. Soon afterwards I revised the piece for flute (c-flute or alto flute) for the fabulous Marianne Gedigian. A number of years later the amazing New York flutist Margaret Lancaster scheduled multiple performances of Flauto Oscuro so I decided on a further revision of the work. I then set it aside for a number of years and only recently decided to make it available once more. While challenging in its upper register, this piece works wonderfully on alto flute! Try it.
