Hilary Taggart
Hilary Taggart is a composer of short works for flute, including pieces written for the lower members of the flute family.
Her Winter Sun appears on Below: Music for Low Flutes (MD 3330), a programme of chamber music for alto, bass, contrabass and related instruments.
On Monologues & Dialogues (MD 3349) she is represented by Noisy Oyster, a set of brief movements for alto, bass and contrabass flutes.
Compositions by Hilary Taggart appear on
Monologues & Dialogues
This recording features the resonant, meditative colours of modern low flutes. Austere, breathy and at times eerie, these deep registers open a sound-world still little explored in woodwind writing, and invite a wide range of musical imaginings.
Below: Music for Low Flutes
This charming and rare recording features predominantly commissioned chamber music for low flutes, written to showcase their lyrical and colourful tonal qualities and to expand a small yet growing repertoire.