Siniakova N. Three wishes. Jazz suite for flute and piano. Piano score and flute part

From the author

In 2014 my dear friend, a wonderful accordionist, now a very-well known professor of St. Petersburg State Conservatory Vladimir Orlov asked me to compose a piece for his students of College of Music named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. After numerous discussions we decided that it had to be a suite. It was not simple to understand what kind of suite might be appealing for teenagers nowadays. Finally, I decided that love is the subject of interest at any age. I imagined a young man gently holding his girl, overlooking a valley and telling her: “If I only had three wishes, I would bring you to Paris, New York and Rio de Janeiro”.

The suite consists of three movements; each of them is based on different jazz styles. “Weekend in Paris” is a Bossa Nova, “Manhattan. Evening” is a jazz ballade, “Let’s Go To Rio!” is a catchy samba.

From the moment of its completion suite “Three Wishes” has been arranged several times for various ensembles. I even had a privilege of performing this suite as a part of a jazz trio at “Zink” jazz club in New York City. Arrangement for flute and piano is one of the most “natural”.

Flute part is edited by a wonderful American-Russian flutist Inna Leoni. Inna and I recorded this suite in New York in a studio of an exceptional sound engineer Joe Patrych.

Suite can be heard on YouTube, simply type in “Nina Siniakova. Three Wishes”. More information about myself and Inna Leoni can be found on our websites: ninasiniakova.com and innaleoni.com.

Nina Siniakova

Contents

From the author
1. Weekend in Paris (Music text example)
2. Manhattan. Evening
3. Let’s go to Rio! (Music text example)