Flute concerto

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.

elected list of Flute Concertos

The following concertos are presently found near the centre of the mainstream Western repertoire for the flute.

Baroque Era

Michel Blavet
*Concerto in a minor

Jean-Marie Leclair
*Concerto in C Major

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
*Concerto in F

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 C major for 2 Flutes, RV 533

Classical Era

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)

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)
*Concerto in D Major

Christoph Willibald Gluck
*Concerto in G Major

Joseph Haydn
*Flute Concerto in D Major

Leopold Hoffmann
*Concerto in D Major

Franz Anton Hoffmeister
* Flute Concerto D major

Franz Krommer
* Flute Concerto Op.86

Wilhelm 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 firmly part of the flute repertoire.

Andreas Romberg
* Flute Concerto

Antonio Rosetti
* Flute Concerto in G Major
* Flute Concerto in C Major
* Flute Concerto in F Major

Antonio Salieri
*Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra (1774)
*Concertino da camera for Flute and Strings (1777)

Karl Stamitz
*Concerto in G Major

Romantic Era

Franz Doppler
*Concerto in d minor for two flutes and orchestra

Saverio Mercadante
*Concerto in D Major
*Concerto in E Major
*Concerto in e Minor
*Concerto in F Major (2 movements)

Carl Reinecke
* Concerto in D Major, Op. 283

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
*Concertstuck for flute and strings TH 247 (unfinished)Reconstructed by James Strauss published by Falls House Press (USA)

Modern era

Samuel Adler
* Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)

Kalevi Aho
*Flute Concerto

Robert Aitken
*Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra (Shadows V). (1999)

Rutland Boughton
* Concerto for Flute and Strings

Pierre Boulez
* ...explosante-fixe..., for MIDI-flute, chamber orchestra and electronics (1972-1993)

Henry Brant
* "Ghosts & Gargoyles" Concerto for flute solo with flute orchestra (2002)

John Corigliano
* Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: "Pied Piper Fantasy"

Edison Denisov
* Flute Concerto (1975)

Jindřich Feld
* Flute Concerto (1954)

Jean Françaix
* Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra
* Flute Concerto (1967)

Chris Paul Harman
* Concerto for flute and orchestra, "Catacombs" (1999-2000)

Jacques Hétu
* Concerto pour flûte

Jacques Ibert
* Flute Concerto (1934)

Andre Jolivet
* Concerto (1949)

Aram Khachaturian
* Concerto for Flute and Orchestra - originally written as a Violin concerto but now firmly part of the flute repertoire.

György Ligeti
*Double Concerto, for flute, oboe and orchestra

Dietrich Manicke
* Flute Concerto

Olivier Messiaen
*"Concert à quatre" ("Quadruple concerto"), for piano, flute, oboe, 'cello and orchestra (1990-91)

Carl Nielsen
*Flute Concerto (1926)

Krzysztof Penderecki
* Flute Concerto (1992)

William P. Perry
* Summer Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra (1988)

Walter Piston
* Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1971)

Yves Prin
*"Le Souffle d'Iris" (1986)

Einojuhani Rautavaara
*Flute Concerto "Dances with the Winds"

Jean Rivier
*Flute Concerto

Joaquín Rodrigo
* Concierto pastoral, for flute and orchestra (1978)

Ned Rorem
*Flute Concerto

Christopher Rouse
*Flute Concerto

Aulis Sallinen
*Flute Concerto "Harlekiini", Op. 70 (1995)

R. Murray Schafer
* Flute Concerto (1984)

[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Schmidt Ole Schmidt]
*Concerto for Flute and Strings

Toru Takemitsu
*"Toward the Sea II", for alto flute, harp, and string orchestra

Werner Thärichen
*Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra, Op. 29

Daniel Theaker
* Concerto No.1, Op.17b for Flute and Orchestra (2004-2006)

Joan Tower
* Flute Concerto

Heather Schmidt
*Flute Concerto (2003)

Melinda Wagner
* Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion (Pulitzer Prize winner 1999)

Herbert Willi
*Flute Concerto

Isang Yun
*Flute Concerto

See also

*Flute
*Flute repertory
*Bass oboe concerto
*Bassoon concerto
*Concerto
*Concerto for Orchestra
*Clarinet concerto
*Double bass concerto
*Harpsichord concerto
*Oboe concerto
*Organ concerto
*Piano concerto
*Viola concerto
*Violin concerto
*Violoncello concerto