Flute Sonata (Martinů)
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Bohuslav Martinů's Sonata for Flute and Piano, H. 306, was composed in 1945 in South Orleans, Cape Cod,[1] during the composer's five years in the USA following his escape from occupied France.[2] The work was composed for George Laurent who was the principal flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1918 to 1952.[3] It was premiered on 18 December 1949 in New York, with Lois Scheafer as soloist.[4] Although Martinu originally entitled the work as his 'First Sonata for Flute and Piano', no Second Sonata ever appeared.[1]