Flute Ideas

Posted by: AntonD on 03 May 2014

Can you please suggest some flute material for me. I love classical music, symphony, piano, violin, etc... But have nothing regarding flute.

maybe some other genre of music too that you think appropriate.

Many thanks in advance and enjoy you're weekend

ATB, Anton

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by Steve C

Anything by Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by Loki

Solo:

Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy
Kees van Baaren: Musica per flauto solo
Milton Babbitt: None But The Lonely Flute
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (1763)
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor for solo flute (c.1718)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza I (1958)
Rob du Bois:
- Music for Solo Flute (1961)
- On a Lion's Interlude, for solo alto flute (1986)
Eugène Bozza: Image
Howard J. Buss: A Day in the City (1986), Hurricane! (2004), Pipe Dream (1992), Space Renaissance Suite (2013), Venetian Memoirs (2010)
Elliott Carter: Scrivo in vento (1991)
Matthew Davidson: Stolen Music for a flute player solo flute and/or piccolo (1993)
Claude Debussy: Syrinx (1913)
Laurie Efrein: Attraction for solo flute
Brian Ferneyhough:
- Cassandra's Dream Song
- Unity Capsule
Paul Hindemith: Acht Stücke (Eight pieces, for flute solo) (1927)
Arthur Honegger: Danse de la chèvre
Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli
Jacques Ibert: Piece (1936)
André Jolivet: Cinq incantations^[1]
Sophie Lacaze: Voyelles (1993)
John La Montaine: Sonata

Lowell Liebermann: Soliloquy
Robert Muczynski: Three Preludes, Op. 18 (1962)
Ástor Piazzolla: Tango Etudes for solo flute
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Diaphonic Suite for flute or oboe (1930)
Laura Schwendinger: "Iridos" for solo flute (2011), "Aerialist" for solo flute (2006)
Karlheinz Stockhausen:
- Amour
- Flautina
- Harmonien
- In Freundschaft
- Katikati
- Thinki
- Ypsilon
- Xi
Toru Takemitsu:
- Air for flute
- Voice^[2]
Georg Philipp Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute
Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5
Charles Wuorinen:
- Flute Variations
- Flute Variations II
César Guerra-Peixe: Melopéias nº1 (1947), Melopéias nº2 (1948), Melopéias nº3 (1950)

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by Loki

Famous bits:

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben" from the St Matthew Passion; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 9 (piccolo); Leonora Overture No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (piccolo); Menuet des Follets from La damnation de Faust (piccolo duet)
Bizet: "Minuet" from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2, "Entr'acte" or "Intermezzo" from the opera Carmen
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 (formerly known as Symphony No. 4)
Gluck: Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"; Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Lieutenant Kijé Suite (piccolo); Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Ma mère l'oye (piccolo); Boléro (piccolo)
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol
Rossini: La gazza ladra Overture (piccolo); Semiramide Overture (piccolo); William Tell Overture
Saint-Saëns: Voilère from Carnival of the Animals
Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 (piccolo), Festive Overture (piccolo and flute)
Smetana: The Moldau from Má vlast
Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome; Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Petrushka; Le chant du rossignol
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (piccolo)

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by AntonD

Many thanks.

@ Loki, wow! Thanks. I have some of the material you mention in Famous bits so I will check them especially now. once again, many thanks.

Anton

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by George J

This may lift your spirits flute-wise!

Originally Posted by George J:

Jolly indeed is the Concerto called "Il Gardelino." Fresh and far too little known music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYrvOQiCx4I

Enjoy. It only a few minutes long, so not much time to loose!

ATB from George

PS: I have this venerable multi CD set [at budget price], which I thoroughly enjoy. A great wealth of rarely heard and delightful music.

Put Vivaldi Pinnock into the Amazon search engine and it shows near the top of the list.

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by George J

Also consider Mozart's Harp and Flute Concerto as well as the delightful pair of solo Flute Concertos he composed.

ATB from George

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by Loki

I second George's recommendations, esp. Pinnock's vivacious Vivaldi recording.

Love the sound of Galway's gold flute , but never really liked his playing. My students find him rather irrascible.

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by lutyens

CPE Bach has few worth exploring too. good stuff on Archiv

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by johnG

Sharon Bezaly well worth a listen - "Described by The Times as “God’s Gift to the flute“, Sharon Bezaly was chosen as ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ by the prestigious Klassik Echo in Germany in 2002 and ‘Young Artist of the Year’ at the Cannes Classical Awards in 2003.

Posted on: 03 May 2014 by Loki

Anything involving Barbara Thompson (folk/rock/jazzfusion)