Some flute repertoire
My grateful thanks to Alicia Higgs and Jennifer George for many useful additions
There is a big diversity of styles, difficulty, and probably quality here: I've tried to indicate something of this (in my opinion) in the comments at least for some pieces. Hopefully they all have something going for them. I have played most of them at some time or other, some on the flute as well as the piano, but can remember more about some than others.
| All pieces on the list | Solo flute only | Flute and piano only |
= approximate timing in minutes (')
All these pieces are for solo flute only.
Alphabetical contents (composer's surname):
.A.B.C.D.F.H.I.K.L.T.V
A return to top of listing
Malcolm Arnold - Fantasy for solo flute.
.B return to top of listing
J. S. Bach - Partita in A minor, for solo flute. Core repertoire.
C. P. E. Bach - Sonata in A minor, for solo flute. Published by: Bärenreiter, et. al. Core repertoire.
Richard Rodney Bennett - Sonatina for solo flute. Published by: Universal.
York Bowen - Soliloquy and Frolic, for solo flute. Published by: Emerson.
Eugene Bozza - Image, for solo flute. Core repertoire.
.C return to top of listing
Ian Clarke - Zoom tube, for solo flute. Requires a B foot and possibly open holes too: quarter-tone scale is possible but very difficult without open holes!
[Other pieces by Ian Clarke - Sunstreams, Sunday Morning, Deep Blue, The Mad Hatter, Hatching Aliens, Touching the Ether (fl & pi). The Great Train Race (C & B foot versions) and Beverley for solo flute. Maya (2 flutes and piano) and Curves (3 flutes and piano). His pieces are a good introduction to extended techniques as they're not too difficult, however some require open holes.]
.D return to top of listing
Claude Debussy - Syrinx, for solo flute. Date of composition: 1913. Published by: Societé des Éditions Jobert. Core repertoire.
Robert Dick - Flying Lessons, for solo flute. Crazy; very hard extended techniques.
.F return to top of listing
Jindřich Feld - 4 pieces for solo flute.
Fukushima - Mei, for solo flute.
.H return to top of listing
Paul Hindemith - Acht Stücke, for solo flute. Published by: Schott.
Arthur Honegger - Danse de la Chevre, for solo flute. Core repertoire.
Hoover - Kokopeli, for solo flute.
Jacques Hotteterre - Echoes, for solo flute.
.I return to top of listing
Jacques Ibert - Piece, for solo flute.
.K return to top of listing
Sigfrid Karg-Elert - Sonata Appasionata, for solo flute.
.L return to top of listing
John La Montaine - Flute Sonata, for solo flute. In 4 named movements.
Lowell Liebermann - Soliloquy, for solo flute.
.T return to top of listing
Toru Takemitsu - Air for solo flute.
Georg Philipp Telemann - 12 Fantasias for flute without bass, for solo flute. Published by: Bärenreiter.
.V return to top of listing
Edgar Varèse - Density 21.5, for solo flute. Somewhat avant-garde. 21.5 is the density of platinum, the material of which the dedicatee's new flute was made. Core repertoire.