Midtown Concerts • Kelsey Burnham
Fantasy: A Program for Solo Flute
Kelsey Burnham ~ flutes
Exploration, Wonder & Improvisation
Fantasy highlights the evolution of both the solo fantasia — younger sister to the prelude — and the flute through the repertoire of Telemann, Bach, and Kuhlau. We start our journey with preludes, fugues, and dances familiar to the 18th century and end traveling through the sublime and virtuosity of the 19th century. The first half of the program features a Baroque Traverso and the second half features a Romantic Keyed Flute.
Hailed for her “memorable” and “beautiful playing” (New York Classical Review and Opera News), flute and recorder extraordinaire Kelsey Burnham lives and loves to perform. Kelsey fell in love with early music as a student at Oberlin Conservatory where Michael Lynn first handed her a Baroque flute in the winter of 2016. Kelsey quickly threw herself into historical performance by researching, studying, and playing flutes from the Renaissance to the contemporary periods throughout her time at Oberlin. Since finishing her post-graduate studies at The Juilliard School, Kelsey has been across the pond and back again performing early and new music alike. The Baltimore native also holds a teaching position at The Peabody Conservatory’s Tuned-In Program working with scholarship students of all ages.
Ensemble BREVE was not able to perform due to a last-minute conflict. We are grateful to Kelsey Burnham for performing this concert on short notice!
