Cassandra’s Dream Song, Brian Ferneyhough’s first solo flute piece, has been an interesting discussion topic for many years now. The piece is written in 1970, but it was only being premiered in 1974 by Pierre-‐Yves Artaud, since it was such a challenging –and in the seventies almost an impossible-‐ piece to play. During the mid-‐nineties, still not many flutists could playCassandra’s Dream Song. Two pioneers in this repertoire were Pierre-‐Yves Artaud and Harrie Starreveld. They both approached Cassandra with a very ‘male’ interpretation (…) while a few decades ago, female flutists were still a minority. This becomes clear in the way they connect the first to the second page and it is still interesting to think more thoroughly about Ferneyhough’s ‘middle ground’. Herewith Ferneyhough means the glue between the overall form (the interpolations between page one and two) and the fine details, such as rhythm, dynamics and texture.