Flute concerto

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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.

1 Selected list of Flute Concertos
2 See also

[edit] Selected list of Flute Concertos

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

[edit] 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 - author of over 300 concertos for the flute.

Concerto in G Major

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

[edit] Classical Era

C.P.E. Bach

Flute Concerto in D Major
Flute Concerto in G Major

Franz Benda

Concerto in E Major

Domenico Cimarosa

Concerto for Two Flutes in G Major (1783)

François Devienne

Concerto in E Minor

Joseph Haydn

Flute Concerto in D Major

Leopold Hoffman

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