Flute recital
Flute recital music selection should be based on your tastes in music, your skill level, and creation of an interesting program for the audience.
There are several ways to program a flute recital. It's fun to have a theme for a recital, such as music from a particular country. Of course, you don't need a theme. You can basically say to your audience, "Here's a bunch of unrelated tunes I happen to have ready to play for you." But when you really think about it, your pieces really are connected in some way.
If you write program notes (and you should!) or if you decide to speak at your recital (lecture-style), you might let your audience know why you decided to learn this particular piece. What made you want to play this music? Why do you love it? What is interesting about the composer and his inspiration for writing it.
Chronological
This is the most common way. You'll select repertoire from each of the musical eras...Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Contemporary
This style of program selection is great because it naturally builds in variety. Each style is very different, so your audience hears pieces that aren't similar.
It also gives you, the flutist, the opportunity to learn diverse pieces from the different eras and the performance practice associated with each one.
Here's a great chronological style program...
Bach Sonata (one or two movements, or the entire sonata)
Mozart Concerto (first movement)
Prélude et Scherzo by Henri Busser
Contemporary sonata, such as Hindemith or Poulenc, or the Sonatina by Dutilleux
Chronological by nationality
How about an all-French program with pieces from the various eras? Or Italian or German?French
Sonata by LoeilletGavotte in D minor by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Nocturne at Allegro Scherzando by Philippe Gaubert
Poulenc Sonata
Chant De Linos by Andre Jolivet
Italian
Vivaldi SonataBoccherini Concerto
Variations on a theme from Seroff's opera Rogneda by Cesare Ciardi
Sequenza I for Flute by Luciano Berio (1958)
German
Bach SonataStamitz Concerto in Flute concerto in G, (Op.29)
Kuhlau Grand Solo No. 1
Hindemith Sonata
World
ChineseAfrican
Middle Eastern
South American (Brazil, Venezuela)
Ferroud, Pierre Octave – Trois pieces pour flute (Japanese style)
Unaccompanied
Partita in A Minor by J.S. BachFantasie by Telemann
Capriccio in D/d Op. 10 Nr. 3 by Friedrich Kuhlau
Sonata Appassionata in F# minor Op. 140 by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Piece pour une flute seule by Jacques Ibert
Syrinx by Claude Debussy
8 Pieces by Paul Hindemith
Now that you have your recital program selected, decide on your concert venue.
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