Piano Excerpts

This 'Suite' is not one of my 'epic' instrumental concertos such as the concertos for cello, violin or oboe, but a substantially smaller-structured series of dance forms arranged into a suite. Sunken...

Twenty-five sumptuous slow flute solos chosen by Kevin Mayhew.

In Sonata 3 in F major the opening Largo is styled as a 'Siciliana', an especially common type of movement in the flute repertory on account of the instrument's pastoral associations. The following Sp...

For Flute and Chamber Orchestra (Solo part and piano reduction)

From Album for the Young

Commissioned by the Studio for New Music of the University of Siegen, Germany, Samuel Adler's newest addition to the flute repertoire is Recitative and Rondo Capriccioso. This 8-minute work for flute...

Shulamit Ran has created many powerful and sparkling works for flutists, but none for Flute and Piano until the Chicago Flute Club commissioned this work to be premiered at the 2014 NFA convention in...

Su Lian Tan is an inspired and inspiring flutist and composer whose Autumn Lute-Song was commissioned for the Vermont Symphony's autumn tour in 1995. Tan transforms the string orchestra into a giant l...

Based on Fantaisie sur Carmen by Francis Borne.

Flute and orchestra

This spectacular solo is worth every bit of the work that is necessary to put into the preparation. It is a difficult solo with difficult accompaniment. This piece is a great challenge for your best s...

This solo will demonstrate the technical capabilities of the horn and will need a well-developed sense of musicianship on the part of the soloist. Concerto would make an excellent solo for concert per...

In his Hamburg Concerto Ligeti, inspired by the tonal possibilities of the natural horn, explores alternatives to the well-tempered tonal system. In the orchestra piece he juxtaposes the solo horn wit...

In his novel Of Love and Other Demons, Gabriel Garcia Márquez mentions Domenico Scarlatti as a music teacher. I was so delighted with this idea that I played through all his 555 sonatas. I could not g...

Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra was commissioned by and dedicated to Greg Hustis; principal horn of the Dallas Symphony; who premiered the work with Voices of Change. The work is a brilliant; v...

comissioned by the New York Philharmonic