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. Some major composers have contributed to the flute concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Mozart and Vivaldi. Traditionally a three-movement work, the modern-day flute concerto has occasionally been structured in four or more movements. In some flute concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the flute is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra.

Selected repertoire

Baroque

Michel Blavet Jean-Marie Leclair Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (attributed) Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) – author of over 300 concertos for the flute. Georg Philipp Telemann Antonio Vivaldi

Classical

C.P.E. Bach (1714–1788) Franz Benda (1709–1786) Domenico Cimarosa Franz Danzi François Devienne Frederick the Great (1712–1786) Christoph Willibald Gluck (attributed) Joseph Haydn Leopold Hofmann Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Krommer Franz Lachner Bernhard Molique Leopold Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Josef Reicha Andreas Romberg Antonio Rosetti František Xaver Pokorný Antonio Salieri Carl Stamitz Peter Winter

Romantic

Peter Benoit François Borne Ferdinand Büchner Cécile Chaminade Gaetano Donizetti Franz Doppler François-Joseph Fétis Saverio Mercadante Carl Reinecke Carl Gottlieb Reissiger Bernhard Romberg

Modern

Samuel Adler Kalevi Aho Robert Aitken Sir Malcolm Arnold Aaron Avshalomov Leonardo Balada Flint Juventino Beppe Leonard Bernstein Rutland Boughton Pierre Boulez Henry Brant John Carmichael Elliott Carter John Corigliano Marc-André Dalbavie Michael Daugherty Edison Denisov Pascal Dusapin Eric Ewazen Jindřich Feld Morton Feldman Arthur Foote Lukas Foss Jean Françaix Harald Genzmer Geoffrey Gordon Sofia Gubaidulina Otar Gordeli Charles T. Griffes Jorge Grundman Howard Hanson Chris Harman Jacques Hétu Vagn Holmboe Alan Hovhaness Jacques Ibert Andrew Imbrie Gordon Jacob André Jolivet Giya Kancheli Aaron Jay Kernis Peter Paul Koprowski Aram Khachaturian Sophie Lacaze Lowell Liebermann György Ligeti Jeff Manookian Peter Mennin Olivier Messiaen Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson Carl Nielsen Krzysztof Penderecki William P. Perry Walter Piston Yves Prin Behzad Ranjbaran Einojuhani Rautavaara Jean Rivier Joaquín Rodrigo Ned Rorem Christopher Rouse Kaija Saariaho Aulis Sallinen R. Murray Schafer Ole Schmidt Laura Schwendinger Eric Sessler Judith Shatin Alexander Shchetynsky Emil Tabakov Tōru Takemitsu Josef Tal Joan Tower Melinda Wagner Mieczysław Weinberg Huw Watkins Herbert Willi John Williams Charles Wuorinen Isang Yun Ellen Taaffe Zwilich