Taktakishvili: Sonata for Flute and Piano.There’s not a dull moment.Īnd Sigfrid Karg-Elert? A late-Romantic German composer, known more for organ and harmonium works than woodwind studies like this, so we’re darn lucky to have it. You never know quite where the melody is going to go as it shows off pretty much everything – from glistening semiquaver runs to exaggerated octave leaps – a flute is capable of. This unaccompanied flute sonata is all flash and bravado – perfect for slotting into a recital to refocus the audience’s attention. What we’re saying is – this is a big work, not for the faint-hearted, and anyone able to play it should be darn proud of their fluting achievements.Īaron Copland Duo for Flute and Piano - Jasmine Choi and Giorgos Fragos 코플랜드 듀오 플루트 피아노 최나경 교르고스프라고스 Playing French composer, Jacques Ibert’s 1932 concerto essentially says “I’ve arrived – I’ve made it to this part of the flute-learning process, and my readiness to take this piece on takes me from student of flute to real flautist”. Phew – all the feels in under seven minutes with this one.įor flautists, “the Ibert Concerto” is a three-word combination that means something very specific (but ironically quite difficult to put into words). Taffanel: Andante Pastoral and Scherzettinoįrench flautist and composer, Paul Taffanel’s Andante Pastoral and Scherzettino for flute and piano is simply stunning.Īfter dark piano chords set the scene, the flute part comes in with a dramatic flourish and develops into a melody so mournful it evokes the act of crying.īut never fear – like all French Romantic repertoire, it does contain glimmers of hope, and the Scherzettino second-half of the piece is a fun cat-and-mouse chase to the end that leaves one feeling quite elated.There’s no atmosphere quite like it in classical music – and it’s a rare time for the flute to really shine in a piece of late 19th-century orchestral music.ĭebussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Leonard Bernstein Let us set the scene: a concert hall pregnant with expectation silence the merest hint of an in-breath accompanying the conductor’s raised baton and – then – the smoothest entry of a silky flute melody ringing through the air before it’s sprinkled with impressionistic orchestral colour after four bars. Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d’un fauneĪ major orchestral work rather than a self-contained solo flute piece, Prélude à l'après-midi d’un faune (‘ Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun’) simply cannot be left off any list containing the greatest works for flute.The Bach B minor Flute Sonata is the most profound of all of them for sheer length, depth of feeling and unforgettable melodies (it takes the finest flautists in the field to pull off that epic first movement).īut we also can’t not mention the sublime E minor: a flute sonata with just the most tear-jerking melodies and beautiful harmonies in existence. Honestly, we’re so lucky Bach deigned to write anything for the lowly flute as a solo instrument, so the fact he did so prolifically will never stop humbling us. We’re trying to resist saying “just anything by Bach” and including all his flute sonatas here (it’s tough). Read more: The 16 best pieces EVER written for piano > Out of the Paris Conservatoire school of composition, Chaminade (winner of the prestigious Légion d'Honneur) was praised by fellow composer Ambroise Thomas for being “not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman.” Well, fancy that!īoston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: Chaminade - Concertino for Flute (feat. Written in 1902, the one-movement work is gorgeously lyrical and satisfying for performer and listener alike. Read more: Lizzo’s flute has its own Instagram > Chaminade: ConcertinoĬécile Chaminade’s Concertino for Flute and Orchestra is another favourite in the French Romantic flute repertoire. Norris called it a “substantial concerto” that “in its tone makes amends for the fact that Brahms never wrote a concerto for flute”. It was last concerto the German composer Carl Reinecke wrote, and has been applauded for being as Brahmsian as flute players get the chance to be by Gramophone writer Geoffrey Norris. The turn-of-the-century Reinecke concerto is epic, and lets the usually-restrained flautist feel more like a virtuosic violinist or pianist with its incredible dramatic range and lyrical melodies. EMMANUEL PAHUD- Poulenc Flute Sonata- 2 mov.Ī lot of established flute repertoire comes from French composers (as this list will attest – do read on), so the Martinů feels like a rare and exotic treat.Īnother diploma piece – this one is a notch up and found on the ABRSM Fellowship syllabus, which is the one after the one after the one after Grade 8 (for those wondering) – it was composed in 1945 by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, probably best known among opera buffs for large-scale works like The Greek Passion, and contains lovely melodies and fun rhythmic exchanges between the flute and piano.
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