Category: Chamber Music / Arrangement
Instrumentation: flute and guitar
Duration: 4 minutes
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: ALRY Publications / UMMP, FG14
Original Work:June: Barcarolle from The Seasons, Op. 37a, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky – June: Barcarolle is Garth Baxter’s arrangement for flute and guitar of June from Tchaikovsky’s piano cycle The Seasons, sometimes known as The Months. The arrangement adapts the work’s graceful melodic line and gently rocking barcarolle character for the intimate colors of flute and guitar.

In this setting, the flute carries Tchaikovsky’s lyrical songfulness while the guitar provides warmth, resonance, and rhythmic motion. The arrangement offers performers a concise and expressive transcription of a beloved Romantic miniature, well suited to recital and chamber programs.

Written at an intermediate level, this four-minute arrangement is suitable for flute and guitar duos seeking Romantic repertoire in a compact and audience-friendly form. The piece calls for lyrical phrasing, careful balance, and a supple sense of tempo to preserve the barcarolle’s flowing character.