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
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
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
Romantic
Modern
Samuel Adler
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1977)
Kalevi Aho
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
Leonardo Balada
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
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 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
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
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
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
Peter Mennin
Concertino for Flute, Strings and Percussion (1945)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1983)
Olivier Messiaen
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
Alexander Shchetynsky
Emil Tabakov
Concerto for 2 Flutes (2003)
Tōru Takemitsu
Toward the Sea II , for alto flute, harp, and string orchestra
Josef Tal
Concerto for Flute & Chamber Orchestra (1976)
Joan Tower
Melinda Wagner
Mieczysław Weinberg
Flute Concerto No. 1, op. 75 (1961)
Flute Concerto No. 2, op. 148 (1987)
Huw Watkins
Herbert Willi
John Williams
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1969)
Charles Wuorinen
Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players
Isang Yun
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1989)
Concerto Elegia for Flute and Strings (2015)
Types By instrument By composer Miscellaneous