Fornito, Gilberto / Howell, Christopher
Early One Morning In Kensington: British Flute Music Fy
Early One Morning in Kensington sketches a portrait of late-Victorian charm, when the flute became a favourite for both drawing rooms and concert halls. The programme spans Frederic Archers spirited Duo Concertante, Ebenezer Prouts finely crafted Sonata, and Edward Germans elegant miniatures, moving through romances, intermezzi and folk-inspired melodies that evoke the London of music halls, foggy promenades and chapel mornings. The tracklist restores a repertoire rarely performed, poised between the classical heritage and the immediacy of theatre. Rather than a museum piece, the album feels like rediscovery: the humour of parlour music, the grace of salon dances, the lyric glow of Victorian sentiment. It captures a forgotten world in which modesty and imagination coexist, giving voice to music that still speaks with freshness.