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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.
The Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313, was written in 1778 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.. Commissioned by the Dutch surgeon and amateur flutist Ferdinand Dejean [Wikidata] (1731–1797) in 1777, Mozart was supposed to provide four flute quartets and three flute concertos, yet he only completed two of the three concertos, this one being the first. [1]
The concerto comprises 3 movements (Allegro, Andante, and Allegro scherzando), and was first performed in 1934 in Paris at the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. The piece was dedicated to Marcel Moyse , and features flute as the soloist lead instrument, along with small orchestra.
The Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299/297c, is a concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for flute, harp, and orchestra.It is one of only two true double concertos that he wrote (the other being his Piano Concerto No. 10; though his Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra could just as well be considered a "double concerto"), as well as the only piece of ...
Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (FS 119) was written in 1926 for Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, who succeeded Paul Hagemann as flautist of the Copenhagen Wind Quintet. The concerto, in two movements, was generally well received at its premiere in Paris in October 1926 where Nielsen had introduced a temporary ending.
The Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283, is a composition for solo flute and orchestra by the composer Carl Reinecke. The work was composed in 1908 and was Reinecke's last concerto before his death. It was first performed on 15 March 1909 in Leipzig by the flutist Maximilian Schwedler, to whom the piece is dedicated. [1]
Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (1777) (has come down to us as the second flute concerto, but was almost certainly an oboe concerto) Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (1778) Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (1778) (an arrangement of the above Oboe Concerto) Andante for flute and orchestra in C major, K. 315/285e (1778)
André Jolivet wrote his first Flute Concerto in 1949. It is scored for solo flute and strings [1] [2] and was premièred on 24 January 1950 by soloist Jean-Pierre Rampal. [3] Jolivet wrote a concerto for flute and percussion in 1965. [4] The work lasts about 13 minutes. [3] It is now part of the standard flute repertoire and several prominent ...