An inspiring evening of flute concerto music
Saturday, August 5
Symphony Hall
Phoenix, AZ
This exciting gala evening presents a rare opportunity to experience an entire concert of flute concertos, performed by virtuoso flutists from around the globe, with a full orchestra. Each year, the Gala Concerto Concert offers an eclectic mix of repertoire featuring flute and piccolo in a variety of periods and styles. Past programs have included everything from classical favorites to compelling new music. For the thousands of flutists who attend the annual convention, the Gala Concerto Concert is the highlight of the week and eagerly anticipated all year.
Benny Golson, Thad Jones, and Charlie Parker, A Jazz Suite, orchestration by Kim Richmond
Miguel del Aguila, Malambo for flute and string orchestra
Thea Musgrave, Piccolo Play (orchestration commission by NFA)
Carl Reinecke, Flute Concerto
Christian Lindberg, The World of Montuagretta
Jennifer Higdon, The Light That We Can Hear (world premiere NFA commission)
Eldin Burton, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Richard Prior, Concerto for Flute
Theodor Verhey, Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 43
André Jolivet, Concerto
Georg Philipp Telemann, Concerto for Flute and Piccolo in E Minor
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, Halil
Benjamin Yusopov, NOLA Concerto for various flutes and strong orchestra; second movement
Daniel Dorff, A solo work for flute and orchestra, a world premiere written specifically for Jasmine Choi and the NFA
Jacques Ibert, Flute Concerto
Ian Clarke, Time Dominoes: Concerto for Flute and Strings
Egil Hovland, Concerto, Op. 117
Elliott Carter, Concerto
Jean-Michel Damase, Concerto
Carl Nielsen, Concerto, FS 119
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in G, K. 313
Ken Benshoof, Concerto in Three Movements
Martin Amlin, In Memoriam C.D.H.
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich, Concerto Elegia
Traditional arr. Adrianne Greenbaum, Klezmer Melody
Carl Reinecke, Concerto in D Major, Op. 283
Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Milan Munchinger, Concerto in C Major for flute and orchestra after the A Major Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1055
Kent Kennan, Night Soliloquy
Katherine Hoover, Four Winds
Jeff Tyzik, Dream Sequence
Lowell Liebermann, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 39
Daniel Dorff, Flash! for piccolo and orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
Robert Dick, Concerto for flute/bass flute, strings, and percussion
Gabriela Lena Frank, Will-O-The-Wisp: A Tone Poem for flute and orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto No. 2 for flute and orchestra in D Major, K. 314
Orchestral excerpts:
Claude Debussy; Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel
Orchestral excerpts:
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72; Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica,” Beethoven Op. 55, Movement IV; Daphnis et Chloé
Orchestral excerpts:
Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Paul Hindemeth, Antonín Dvořák
Orchestral excerpts:
Entr’acte from Carmen (Prelude to Act III); Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98; Movement IV; Symphonic Metamorphosis, Movement III Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88; Movement IV
Orchestral excerpts:
Gioacchino Rossini, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov; Rossini
Orchestral excerpts:
Overture to La gazza ladra; Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10, Movement IV; Overture to Semiramide
Felix Mendelssohn, arr. János Bálint, Concerto for flute (violin) and string orchestra in D Minor
Gary Shocker, Three Dances for Two Flute and Strings
Kryzstof Penderecki, Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Lawrence Dillon, Orpheus in the Afterworld: Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra
Andre Jolivet, Concerto pour flȗte et orchestre a cordes
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Michael Daugherty, Trail of Tears
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andante in C major, K. 315
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rondo in D, K. Anh.184
Martin Amlin, Concerto for Flute/Piccolo and Orchestra
Matthew Hindson, House Music
Otar Gordeli, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 8
Mike Wofford, Tapestry 39
Lukas Foss, Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Yuko Uebayashi, Concerto pour flȗte et orchestre à cordes
Daniel Schnyder, Carmen Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Agua de Beber (Drinking Water)
Carl Reinecke, Concerto for Flute in D Major, Op. 283
Eric Ewazen, On Wings of Song a Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, inspired by the poem of Heinrich Heine
Peteris Vasks, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Jake Heggie, Concerto for Flute: Fury of Light, inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem “Sunrise”
C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in D Major, W. 13
Joachim Andersen, Moto Perpetuo
Martin Bresnick, Pan Penseroso
Eric Ewazen, Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra
Benjamin Yusupov, NOLA Concerto for various flutes
Joaquin Rodrigo, Fantasia para un Gentilhomme
Lowell Liebermann, Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, Op. 50
Anthony Ritchie, Flute Concerto, Op. 56
Peter Benoit, Flute Concerto
François Devienne, Concerto No. 7 in E Minor
Melinda Wagner, Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
Carl Maria von Weber, Romanza Sicialiana in G Minor for Flute and Orchestra, J. 47
Charles Tomlinson, Griffes Poem
Bruce Broughton, Concerto for Piccolo and Chamber Orchestra
Kurt Vogel, The Secret Language of Snow
Martin Kennedy, Flute Concerto
Aram Khachaturian, Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in G Major, K. 313
William Bolcom, Lyric Concerto
Joachim Andersen, Variations Drolatiques, Op. 26
Melinda Wagner, Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion
David Chesky, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Avner Dorman, Concerto
John Harbison, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, KV299
Joan Tower, Flute Concerto
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Eduardo Di Capua, Sandro Benelli and Francesco Paolo Tosti, Arr. Daniel Paget, One Hundred Roses: Neopolitan Serenades and Dances
Jonathan Dove, Magic Flute Dances
Benjamin Godard, Suite de trois morceau, Op. 116
Max Bruch, Concerto for two flutes (violin) No. 2, Op. 44
R. Murray Shaffer, Concerto for flute and orchestra
Christopher Rouse, Flute Concerto
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Antonín Dvořák, Romance in F Minor, Op. 11
Camille Saint-Saëns, Odelette, Op. 162
Thomas Oboe Lee, Flauta Carioca, Op. 90
Robert Beaser, Song of the Bells
Paquito D'Rivera, Gran Danzón (The Bel-Air Concerto)
Howard Hanson, Serenade
Heinrich Hofmann, Konzertstück, Op. 98
Salvador Brotons, Concerto, Op. 72
Carl Nielsen, Concerto for flute and orchestra
Paul Schoenfeld, Klezmer Rondos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp, K. 299
Otar Gordeli, Concerto for flute and orchestra, op. 8
Shulamit Ran, Voices: for a flautist with orchestra
John Corigliano, Voyage: for flute and string orchestra
Frank Martin, Ballade