Jiří Čart: Flute Sonatas

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To go by period references, Čart is believed to have authored symphonies, violin and flute concertos and sonatas. All that we know of his work today are a few sonatas for flute, two for violin, and two trios. Playing the violin is reported to have been his strongest point, yet what has been preserved of his production testifies to his mastery of the flute as well. This was then a most fashionable instrument increasingly favoured by composers for its advantages of technique and expression. Čart´s works for the flute can be seen as music halfway between late Baroque and early Classicism with signs of Italian and North German influence as well as with features shared by Czech emigrés. His music certainly tallies with what we know of his life and of himself as a musician of considerable temperament, originality and outlook. Even today, Čart´s sonatas give us the impression of a very viable brand of music not only for its technical brilliance but also for its sense of melody and rhythmic invention. Thanks to all this we can today enjoy a rare piece of music providing a glimpse into the world of a half-forgotten, yet undoubtedly very gifted and interesting composer.