Exploring the Worlds of Baroque and Tango Through the "Delicate and Elegant Flute"
by Mo Seokbong
Published 02 Dec.2025 09:12(KST)
Principal Flutist Cho Chulhee Engages with the Audience
The Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra will perform "DPO Close-Up 3" at 7:30 p.m. on December 4 at the Small Theater of the Daejeon Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Center.
"DPO Close-Up" is a concert series designed to allow Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra members to serve as leaders, performing and providing commentary to communicate more closely with the audience. This final Close-Up performance of the year will be led by Principal Flutist Cho Chulhee, who will engage with the audience under the theme of "Delicate and Elegant Flute."
Cho Chulhee graduated from the Korea National University of Arts and completed both the master's and the highest performance programs at the Berlin University of the Arts in Germany with outstanding results.
Having demonstrated his musical prowess on the world stage by collaborating with the Romanian National Orchestra and the Plovdiv Orchestra in Bulgaria, Cho Chulhee previously served as Principal Flutist of the Chungbuk Provincial Symphony Orchestra and is currently the Principal Flutist of the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra.
This concert features works by Baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach and modern tango maestro Astor Piazzolla, offering audiences the opportunity to appreciate the diverse charms of the flute through the distinctly different styles of these two composers.
The first piece of Part 1, Bach's "Flute Sonata, BWV 1031," is a three-movement sonata for flute and harpsichord, characterized by contrapuntal style and demanding significant musical thought and insight from the performers.
The second piece, "Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067," is one of Bach's four orchestral suites. It is composed for solo flute, violin I/II, viola, cello, and basso continuo, and is notable for its fast tempo and the flutist's advanced technical skills.
The first piece of Part 2 is Piazzolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires." Although originally composed as individual pieces, they are often performed together as a suite, capturing the four seasons of Piazzolla's hometown, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in tango rhythms.
The final performance will be one of Piazzolla's most famous works, "Histoire du Tango." Although originally written for flute and guitar, the piece is beloved worldwide and performed in various arrangements. For this concert, it will be presented as a duet for flute and piano to conclude the evening.