A flute concerto is a concerto for solo flute and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra . Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Some major composers have contributed to the flute concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Mozart and Vivaldi .
Traditionally a three-movement work, the modern-day flute concerto has occasionally been structured in four or more movements. In some flute concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the flute is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra.
The 20th century saw the flute concerto championed by the famous French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal .
Selected repertoire [ ]
The following concertos are presently found near the centre of the mainstream Western repertoire for the flute.
Baroque [ ]
Michel Blavet
Jean-Marie Leclair
Concerto in C major, Op. 7, No. 3 (also for violin or oboe solo)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Flute Concerto in G major
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) – author of over 300 concertos for the flute.
Concerto in G major
Concerto in C minor
Georg Philipp Telemann
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F major for Flute (La Tempesta di Mare ), RV 433 (Op. 10 , No. 1), RV 98 and RV 570
Concerto in G minor for Flute (La Notte ), RV 439 (Op. 10, No. 2)
Concerto in D major for Flute (Il Gardellino ), RV 428 (Op. 10 No. 3)
Concerto in G major for Flute, RV 435 (Op. 10, No. 4)
Concerto in F major for Flute, RV 434 (Op. 10, No. 5)
Concerto in G major for Flute, RV 437 (Op. 10, No. 6)
Concerto in A minor for Flute, RV 440
Concerto in D major for Flute, RV 429
Concerto in C major for 2 Flutes, RV 533
Classical [ ]
C.P.E. Bach (1714–1788)
Flute Concerto in D major
Flute Concerto in G major H.445 (Wq.169)
Flute Concerto in D minor H.426
Flute Concerto in A major H.438 (Wq.168)
Flute concerto in A minor Wq.166
Flute concerto in B flat major Wq 167
Franz Benda (1709–1786)
Concerto in G minor
Concerto in A minor
Domenico Cimarosa
Concerto for Two Flutes in G Major (1783)
Franz Danzi
Concerto No. 1 in G major
Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Concerto No. 4 in D major
François Devienne
Concerto No. 2 in D major
Concerto No. 3 in G major
Concerto No. 7 in E minor
Concerto No. 10 in D major
Frederick the Great (1712–1786)
4 concertos for flute and strings
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Joseph Haydn
Flute Concerto in D major (lost)
Leopold Hofmann
Flute Concerto in D major (previously attributed to Haydn)
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Franz Krommer
Franz Paul Lachner
Flute Concerto in D minor
Bernhard Molique
Concerto in D minor for Flute and Orchestra
Leopold Mozart
Flute Concerto in G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute and Harp
Flute Concerto No. 1
Flute Concerto No. 2 – originally written as an Oboe Concerto but now also firmly part of the flute repertoire.
Josef Reicha
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1781)
Andreas Romberg
Antonio Rosetti
Flute Concerto in G major
Flute Concerto in C major
Flute Concerto in F major
František Xaver Pokorný
Flute Concerto in D Major (Boccherini, Op. 27)
Antonio Salieri
Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra (1774)
Concertino da camera for Flute and Strings (1777)
Karl Stamitz
Peter von Winter
Flute Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Romantic [ ]
Modern [ ]
Samuel Adler
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)
Kalevi Aho
Robert Aitken
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra (Shadows V). (1999)
Flute Concerto
Double Concerto for Flute and Harp
Sir Malcolm Arnold
Concerto for Flute and Strings
Flute Concerto No. 2
Aaron Avshalomov
Leonardo Balada
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Impressioni marine
Flint Juventino Beppe
Flute Mystery Op.66 a/b (Alto flute / C flute)
Flute Concerto No.1 Op.70
Flute Concerto No.2 Op.80
Leonard Bernstein
Halil , nocturne for flute, percussion, and strings
Rutland Boughton
Concerto for Flute and Strings
Pierre Boulez
...explosante-fixe..., for MIDI-flute, chamber orchestra and electronics (1972–1993)
Robert J. Bradshaw
Concerto No. 2 for Catherine, for flute, violin, orchestra and/or piano
Henry Brant
Concerto for flute solo with flute orchestra Ghosts & Gargoyles (2002)
John Carmichael
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: Phoenix Concerto 2222–4331 perc, harp, string, timpani
Elliott Carter
John Corigliano
Marc-André Dalbavie
Michael Daugherty
Flute Concerto Trail Of Tears (2010)
Edison Denisov
Pascal Dusapin
Concerto for flute and string orchestra Galim (1998)
Eric Ewazen
Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Jindřich Feld
Morton Feldman
Flute and Orchestra (1978)
Arthur Foote
Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and String Orchestra
Lukas Foss
Renaissance Concerto (1985) for Flute and Orchestra
Jean Françaix
Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra
Flute Concerto (1967)
Harald Genzmer
Geoffrey Gordon
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2012) ([1] )
Sofia Gubaidulina
The Deceitful Face of Hope and Despair – Flute Concerto
Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion – Flute Concerto
Otar Gordeli
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 8
Charles Griffes
Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Jorge Grundman
On the Back of a Nightingale. Concerto for Flute and Strings (2012)
Howard Hanson
Serenade for Solo Flute, Harp and String Orchestra
Chris Harman
Concerto for flute and orchestra, Catacombs (1999–2000)
Jacques Hétu
Vagn Holmboe
Flute Concerto No. 1 (1975–6)
Flute Concerto No. 2 (1981–2)
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony no 36, Op. 312 for Flute and Orchestra (1978)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2005-6)
Jacques Ibert
Gordon Jacob
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra op.1
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra op.2
André Jolivet
Giya Kancheli
Ninna Nanna Per Anna (2008), for solo flute & strings
Aaron Jay Kernis
Peter Paul Koprowski
Aram Khachaturian
Sophie Lacaze
Het Lam Gods II, for solo flute and flute orchestra (2007)
Les quatre elements, concerto for flute, children choir and percussions (2005)
And then there was the sun in the sky, concerto for flute, digeridoo and flute orchestra (2000)
Lowell Liebermann
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Op.39 (1992)
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra Op.48 (1995)
György Ligeti
Double Concerto, for flute, oboe and orchestra
Jeff Manookian
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen
Concerto for Flute and Wind Band
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Liongate for Flute and Orchestra
Carl Nielsen
Krzysztof Penderecki
William P. Perry
Summer Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra (1988)
Walter Piston
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1971)
Yves Prin
Behzad Ranjbaran
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2013)
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Flute Concerto Dances with the Winds
Jean Rivier
Joaquín Rodrigo
Ned Rorem
Christopher Rouse
Kaija Saariaho
Flute Concerto Aile du songe (2001)
Aulis Sallinen
Flute Concerto Harlekiini , Op. 70 (1995)
R. Murray Schafer
Ole Schmidt
Concerto for Flute and Strings
Laura Schwendinger
Waking Dream for Flute and Orchestra (2009)
Eric Sessler
Judith Shatin
Emil Tabakov
Concerto for 2 Flutes (2003)
Toru Takemitsu
Toward the Sea II , for alto flute, harp, and string orchestra
Josef Tal
Concerto for Flute & Chamber Orchestra (1976)
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra, Op. 29
Joan Tower
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Melinda Wagner
Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion (Pulitzer Prize winner 1999)
Mieczysław Weinberg
Flute Concerto No. 1, op. 75 (1961)
Flute Concerto No. 2, op. 148 (1987)
Herbert Willi
John Williams
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1969)
Charles Wuorinen
Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players
Isang Yun
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Flute Concerto Elegia (2014)
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