Flute concerto explained

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.

Selected repertoire

Baroque

Michel Blavet

Concerto in A minor

Jean-Marie Leclair

Concerto in C major, Op. 7, No. 3 (also for violin or oboe solo)

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (attributed)

Flute Concerto in G major
Flute Concerto in D 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 A minor for Flute, RV 440
Concerto in D major for Flute, RV 429
Concerto in C major for 2 Flutes, RV 533
Concerto in D major for Flute, RV 783

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. 1 in D major
Concerto No. 2 in D major
Concerto No. 3 in G major
Concerto No. 4 in G major
Concerto No. 5 in G major
Concerto No. 6 in D major
Concerto No. 7 in E minor
Concerto No. 8 in G major
Concerto No. 9 in E minor
Concerto No. 10 in D major
Concerto No. 11 in B minor
Concerto No. 12 in A major

Frederick the Great (1712–1786)

4 concertos for flute and strings

Christoph Willibald Gluck (attributed)

Concerto in G major

Joseph Haydn

Flute Concerto in D major (lost)

Leopold Hofmann

Flute Concerto in D major (previously attributed to Haydn)

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Flute Concerto D major

Franz Krommer

Flute Concerto Op.86

Franz 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

Flute Concerto

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)

Carl Stamitz

Concerto in G major

Peter Winter

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

Romantic

Peter Benoit

Flute Concerto (Symphonic Tale)

François Borne

Carmen Fantasie Brillante

Ferdinand Büchner

Flute Concerto in F minor

Cécile Chaminade

Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107

Gaetano Donizetti

Concertino for Flute and Chamber Orchestra in C minor (1819)
Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in C major
Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in D major

Franz Doppler

Concerto in D minor for two flutes and orchestra

François-Joseph Fétis

Flute Concerto in B minor

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 (1908)

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

Concertino in D major for Flute and Orchestra

Bernhard Romberg

Concerto in B minor 0202 2000 Strings

Modern

Samuel Adler

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)

Kalevi Aho

Flute Concerto

Robert Aitken

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

Sir Malcolm Arnold

Concerto for Flute and Strings
Flute Concerto No. 2

Aaron Avshalomov

Flute Concerto

Leonardo Balada

Flute Concerto (2000)

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

Ḥalil, 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)

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

Flute Concerto (2008)

John Corigliano

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: Pied Piper Fantasy

Marc-André Dalbavie

Flute Concerto (2006)

Michael Daugherty

Flute Concerto Trail Of Tears (2010)

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

Lukas Foss

Renaissance Concerto (1985) for Flute and Orchestra

Jean Françaix

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

Harald Genzmer

Flute Concerto

Geoffrey Gordon

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2012) (http://www.tfront.com/p-405189-concerto-for-flute-and-orchestra-2012.aspx)

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 T. Griffes

Poem for Flute and Orchestra (1918)

Jorge Grundman

Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra. On the Back of a Nightingale, Op. 31 (2012)
Slow Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra. A Promise to Frida, Op. 84 (2021)

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)

Alan Hovhaness

Symphony no 36, Op. 312 for Flute and Orchestra (1978)

Jacques Ibert

Flute Concerto (1934)

Andrew Imbrie

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)

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

Aaron Jay Kernis

Flute Concerto (2015)

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