Originally written around 1900 for flute and piano, the “Carmen” Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s Opera is probably the only surviving work of Francois Borne. He was a virtuoso flutist who played with the Grand Theatre of Bordeaux and was professor of flute at the Toulouse Conservatory.

The work is a showpiece favourite and and has been orchestrated several times over the past 100 years. The flute part is unchanged except for some editorial suggestions and corrections from the sources.

You can see this arrangement performed by Wissam Boustany here: