Deze compositie schreef ik in december 2019. Het uitgangspunt was om expressiever en met meer variatie te leren omgaan in het metrum en ritme binnen een monodische klankwereld. Vandaar de optie voor een monodische compositie voor fluit solo.  De vorm is tijdens het componeren tot stand gekomen en met uitzondering van de achteraf toegevoegde inleiding successief gecomponeerd. Dit houdt onder meer in dat het aantal keren dat het hoofdthema in verschillende verschijningsvormen terugkeert pas is beslist tijdens het componeren zelf.
De ritmiek en metriek is niet extreem complex, toch zorgen de rubati, gekoppelde noten en antimetrische figuren voor voldoende afwisseling en verrassingseffecten in de muzikale retoriek. De muziek krijgt nog meer richting door de grote intervallen en tessituursprongen. Het stuk bevat bovendien enkele hedendaagse speeltechnieken waarmee ik de (professionele) fluitist een grotere uitdaging en speelvreugde wil bieden.

Una favola senza parole for flute solo

orkestratie van één van de pianowerken van Claude Debussy

The French Connection

Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin

performed by Carlos Bruneel (flute) and Katsura Mizumoto (piano) at the Muntschouwburg in 2019.

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Fluitsonate Deel 1: Maestoso  : STEVEN DE BAECKE

Deel 2 Fluitsonate DEBAECKE

Deel 3 Fluitsonate DEBAECKE

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A short piece for the apprentice pianist. 
Composed in august 2021

Oker.def

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An elegant piece for the apprentice pianist

Sepia - 000.WAV

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A little piece for the apprentice pianist.

Violet.MP3

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My new piano piece Taupe has been influenced by works of the eccentric composer Erik Satie. 
Repetition of harmony, rhythmically static accompaniment, modal harmonic progressions and a clear melodic outline are the ingredients for this peculiar piece. Enjoy it!
By the way a fun fact : The original title was Kereitas but in the end it sounds a bit silly to me so I choose taupe referring to the colour of the fur of the stocky brown animal.

Taupe.MP3

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a little piece for the apprentice pianist
This composition is inspired by the soft sound of my grandmother's ticking clock. Very quiet but always present as a background layer in her life and habits.

Indigo.MP3

Fuchsia is a short piano piece that is ideal for improving the independence of the left and the right hand ( Buy here : https://www.sonolize.com/en/music/988/fuchsia) because the main melody switches between them. This composition begins as a question that answers itself. The middle section moves to a climax in a short time, returning to another question. At this point, the revival of the theme returns in the high register with some arpeggios who generate the typical sparkle in the sound and remind me of the striking color shade of fuchsia.

Fuchsia.MP3

In this piece “Turquoise: for piano, the high register is often juxtaposed with the low register immediately. On the one hand this highlights the wide sound range of the piano in its expansion. On the other hand this spectrum is employed as a tool of expression: a direct bright sparkling sound versus an obscure dark tone color. This refers to the color turquoise which presents itself ambiguously between bright blue and dark green.

Turquoise.MP3

Steven De Baecke (1969) is a professional Belgian flutist, composer, arranger and music teacher. 
He studied the flute with Roland Vanden Berghe, Carlos Bruneel, Gaby Van Riet and Wil Offermans (NL).
As a flute player he participated in several orchestras and in many chamber music ensembles. He performed in Belgium, the Nederlands, France, Spain and Japan.
Presently he is a principal member of duo Rigol’Arte (with pianist Bart Vandermeulen): an ensemble
that combines music, humor and theatre.

As a composer he studied with Boudewijn Cox, Bart Vanhecke, Johan Sluys, Piet Swerts and Maarten Van Ingelgem. 
His works feature in different genres : solo, chamber music, choir, orchestra and music theatre.
He has written a number of pieces that were chosen as the compulsory work for flute for examinations on several academies of music in Flandres: “After Winter”, “Dream of an Angel”, The Purple Martin”, “Winter Wings”, Dorian Drinking Song”, “The Cove”, “Morning Blue”, “An English Souvenir” and “Oriental Night” all published by Euprint.
The piece “Morning Blue” for flute solo is since 2013 one of the works in the list of compulsory pieces for the
"Confédération Musicale de France".
In 2019 he won the “VerDi Keurmerk” composition prize with “Graffiti” for flute solo.
He is a member of the composers’ association ComAv (Componisten Archipel Vlaanderen)
His sonate for flute and piano has been performend by many professional flute players and was created in 2019 by flutist Carlos Bruneel in the “Muntschouwburg" in Brussels.
In his compositions he reflects his passion for different styles and incorporate classical, jazz and modern elements into his music not as an end in itself but as a to tell his musical story. 


Since 1991 he has taught at the “Academie De Vonk” in Oud-Heverlee. He was a former teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the “Kunstacademie Eeklo" and the “Hagelandse Academie”.

Steven De Baecke

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