I'm after a list of the most popular pieces for flute that were actually written for the instrument, as opposed to being arrangements of say a violin piece or whatever. Can anyone offer suggestions? Emphasis being on popular pieces that any flute play might want to play.
I think you'll have some trouble finding definitive answers for this, unfortunately. There is a ton of flute repertoire out there, and some people like certain things while others like other pieces. I'm a fan of Romantic era and modern music, but many people dislike modern. There are pieces that virtually everyone plays, whether they like it or not, such as the Chaminade Concertino, but you'll have a tough time finding a consensus on pieces that any flutist would want to play.
Carmen Fantasie (Borne)
Hungarian Fantasy (Doppler)
Mozart Concerti (G and D)
Bach Sonatas
Burton Sonatina
Chaminade Concertino (and many other concours pieces from the Paris Conservatory)
Hello,
you also have the Suite Romantique from Berthomieu, Syrinx from Debussy, Variations from Chopin (on a theme from Rossini), Il Carnevale di Venice, arranged by Jules Demersmann...
...you have the real version of the Carnevale Di Venice too with all ites variations, but it's a little bit harder, are you looking for any kind of pieces or do you want the easiest ones ?
The Haendel Hellenser sonates (+ Basso continuo), though I have read they are sometimes considered to be written for other instruments (such as recorder and in any case not for the modern flute, obviously).
They are relatively "easy" to play for someone with 3-4 years regular study (IMHO)
the answer may lie, as it does for much music, in the ability for a piece to last, to remain a classic.
When I was in music school, we were told to learn avante-garde pieces as they would be all we would be playing in our careers. The opposite has come true, all those pieces I had to learn many "ears" ago have gone by the wayside and I play what I know the audience will like.
u should try to get the orangenal sliegh ride i do not know who it is by though.... i do not know about the 2 nd flute part but the first is not easy although ut is really fun to play
...I've been looking in my score library...you also have other pieces
like :The Butterfly from Kohler (a nice concert etude by the way ),Gaubert's sicilienne (level 5 or 6 ), Czardas from Monti,5th Concerto from Vivaldi obviously, Les Joueurs de Flute from Roussel(all of the four pieces "pan" "krishna" "tytire" and "mr de la Péjaudie", Concerto in G major from Pergolesi,I think that Bach's Badinerie have already been mentionned (but you have all the other pieces of the orchestral suite in B minor), the wonderful (and not that hard) Reverie from Caplet, Devienne's sonata (havn't studied it yet), Doppler's "Airs valaques",and those I 'm working on now, Pan from Jules Mouquet (all the the three pieces are great to play,"Pan and the shepherds", "pan and the virds ", "pan and the nymphes"...there you go !
The original cult classic theme to Mission: IMPOSSIBLE. Composer/Pianist/Conductor Lalo Schifrin got a special composer's award from BMI in 2001 for that work. It is certainly popular and written for flute, so does it qualify? I vote YES!
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