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.

Selected repertoire

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

Baroque

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 major

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

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

Franz Paul Lachner

Flute Concerto in D minor

Leopold Hofmann

Concerto in D major

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Flute Concerto D major

Franz Krommer

Flute Concerto Op.86

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.

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

Peter von Winter

Flute Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D minor

Romantic

Franz Doppler

Concerto in D minor for two flutes and orchestra

Bernhard Romberg

Concerto in B minor 0202 2000 Strings

Saverio Mercadante

Concerto in D major
Concerto in E major
Concerto in E minor
Concerto in F major (2 movements)

François Borne

Carmen Fantasie Brillante

Peter Benoit

Flute Concerto (Symphonic Tale)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Odelette, Op. 162

Carl Reinecke

Concerto in D major, Op. 283

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

Concertino in D major for Flute and Orchestra

Modern

Samuel Adler

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)

Kalevi Aho

Flute Concerto

Robert Aitken

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

Eduardo Angulo

Flute Concerto
Double Concerto for Flute and Harp

Sir Malcolm Arnold

Concerto for Flute and Strings
Flute Concerto No. 2

Aaron Avshalamov

Flute Concerto

Leonid Bashmakov

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

John Corigliano

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: Pied Piper Fantasy

Marc-André Dalbavie

Flute Concerto (2006)

Edison Denisov

Flute Concerto (1975)

Pascal Dusapin

Concerto for flute and string orchestra Galim (1998)

Eric Ewazen

Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra

Jindřich Feld

Flute Concerto (1954)

Morton Feldman

Flute and Orchestra (1978)

Arthur Foote

Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and String Orchestra

Jean Françaix

Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra
Flute Concerto (1967)

Harald Genzmer

Flute Concerto

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

Jim McGrath

Flute Concerto

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

Concerto pour flûte

Vagn Holmboe

Flute Concerto No. 1 (1975–6)
Flute Concerto No. 2 (1981–2)

Jacques Ibert

Flute Concerto (1934)

Gordon Jacob

Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra op.1
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra op.2

André Jolivet

Concerto (1949)

Giya Kancheli

Ninna Nanna Per Anna (2008), for solo flute & strings

Peter Paul Koprowski

Flute Concerto

Aram Khachaturian

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra – an arrangement of his Violin Concerto in D minor

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