marcel moyse - Martinu - (1/3) Double Concerto for flute and violin

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) In October 1936 Martinu composed his Concerto for flute, violin, and orchestra H252. He was already an established composer, and he wrote it in just ten days on commission from the French flautist Marcel Moyse, probably the most celebrated flute player of the time (after WWII Moyse moved to the United States and founded, together with Adolf and Hermann Busch and Rudolf Serkin, the Marlboro Music Festival). The part of the violin was conceived for Blanche Honegger Moyse, a Swiss violinist who studied in Geneva and in Paris with Adolf Busch and Georges Enescu. She married Marcel's son Louis Moyse, an accomplished flautist and pianist. It was for the Moyse trio - consisting of Marcel, Blanche and Louis - that Martinu worte his Sonata for flute, violin and piano H254 (1937) as well as 'Promenades' for flute, violin and harpsichord H274 (1939). The concerto was first performed on December 27, 1936 by Marcel Moyse and Blanche Honegger Moyse with the Orchestre de la Societé du Conservatoire under Philippe Gaubert. Its first performance was broadcast live on radio and was soon followed by performances in other important cities such as London and Geneva. Bohuslav Matousek, violin Janne Thomsen, flute Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Hogwood.